Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District / May 19, 2020
TNT Amusements, Inc., Appellant, vs. BFC Enterprises, Inc. and BNS&C, LLC, Respondents.
TNT Amusements, Inc. sued Murphy's Bar & Grill for breach of an equipment lease and BFC Enterprises, Inc. for tortious interference with that contract. The core dispute involved the interpretation of a lease clause governing notice of nonrenewal. The trial court granted summary judgment for the defendants, finding Murphy's notice was timely. The appellate court affirmed, holding that TNT's interpretation of the notice provision would lead to an illogical and absurd result, and thus Murphy's did not breach the contract, which in turn defeated the tortious interference claim against BFC.