Texas Supreme Court May 12, 2017, 15-0803 (Shields Ltd. Partnership v. Bradberry)

Justice Guzman

delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this forcible-detainer action,1 a commercial landlord seeks to oust a long-term tenant claiming a superior right of immediate possession under a lease-extension option. Though the tenant frequently defaulted on the lease’s rental-payment terms, the landlord regularly accepted the tenant’s rental payments when tendered and without protest.