Landlord-Tenant Lease Annulment for Defects

A tenant sued a landlord, claiming the leased property was unfit for its intended purpose due to significant defects existing at the time of the lease, and sought the annulment of the lease and damages. The court of appeal denied the annulment, finding that the landlord had fulfilled their obligations by performing necessary repairs before the tenant took possession and that the alleged defects were not so serious as to render the property completely unusable, a condition necessary for annulment under civil law. The high court upheld this decision, reasoning that the trial court correctly determined that the defects, which were remedied before the lease commencement, did not constitute a complete deprivation of the enjoyment of the leased premises, thus precluding the remedy of lease annulment.