Sale of Commercial Establishment Nullified Due to Secret Leaseback

A contract for the sale of a commercial establishment, where the seller retained possession of the premises for a period under a lease granted concurrently with the sale, was deemed null because the simultaneous lease back to the seller effectively concealed the transfer of the full business assets, violating the mandatory publicity requirements intended to protect third-party creditors of the transferred business. The court affirmed the lower court's decision to nullify the sale based on this circumvention of the law designed to ensure transparency regarding changes in business ownership and encumbrances.