Question juridique clé
Whether the proposed substitute tenant qualified under Art. 264 CO and released the outgoing tenants from the lease.
Solution extraite
No. The candidate did not agree to take over the existing lease on the same terms, and no new lease was concluded on the different terms discussed.
Motifs extraits
Art. 264 CO requires a solvent replacement tenant willing to assume the lease unchanged. A candidate may be refused if it seeks a new contract instead of taking over the old one. Here, the discussions showed unresolved essential points, especially the guarantee, so there was no binding new lease either.