Unrecorded Long-Term Lease Unenforceable Against Good Faith Purchaser

A property owner who had entered into a lease agreement for a commercial space later sold the property without notifying the lessee, leading the lessee to sue the new owner for eviction based on the unrecorded lease. The court ruled in favor of the new owner, reasoning that the lease, which was for a period exceeding nine years and had not been registered as required by law for real estate transactions, was unenforceable against the subsequent purchaser who acquired the property in good faith without knowledge of the unregistered agreement.