After immense effort to buy a house, Zhu Mou Yong, a Shenzhen resident, was unable to move in as planned due to the mess left by the previous owner! In anger, he sued the original owner, the tenant, and the real estate agency in court...

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At the end of 2015, Shenzhen citizen Zhu Mouyong signed a "Second-hand House Sale Contract" with the owner (Chen Mouhui) of a property in Futian District through an intermediary company: it stipulated that the seller (Chen Mouhui) would terminate the lease agreement with the tenant and complete the house delivery within five working days after receiving the full payment. However, after the full payment was made, the seller Chen Mouhui failed to terminate the lease agreement with the original tenant Geng Mouping, causing Zhu Mouyong to be unable to move in as planned. What Zhu Mouyong did not expect was that Chen Mouhui refused to fulfill the contractual obligations on the pretext of going abroad.

Every time he thought about the new house he could not move into despite spending all his savings, Zhu Mouyong, living in a shabby rental, felt terrible, his heart like a overturned five-flavor bottle, tears constantly welling up in his eyes... Soon after, Zhu Mouyong pulled himself together and decided to use legal means to protect his rights. Through a friend's introduction, he found Guangdong Zhiming Law Firm and entrusted the lawyer team of Wang Tengfeng to help file a lawsuit.

In court, the defendant Chen Mouhui argued that the lease contract with the tenant was signed by his daughter Chen, who was not the owner, so the tenant's refusal to move was unrelated to the contract and did not constitute a breach. In response, Wang Tengfeng, a lawyer from Guangdong Zhiming Law Firm, refuted: The defendant Chen Mouhui's failure to terminate the lease agreement with tenant Geng in advance as stipulated in the "Second-hand House Sale Contract" was an ironclad fact, legally violating relevant laws (referencing the "Contract Law of the People's Republic of China"); morally, it also breached the social spirit of contract, infringing on the legitimate rights and interests of our plaintiff Zhu Mouyong both legally and ethically, and compensation should be made. After intense debate, the court ultimately adopted Wang Tengfeng's viewpoint and issued a judgment ordering the defendant Chen Mouhui to pay the plaintiff Zhu Mouyong liquidated damages for delayed house delivery.

After receiving the judgment from Zhiming lawyers, Zhu Mouyong was overjoyed, repeatedly expressing gratitude to the lawyer team of Wang Tengfeng, and marveling at how lucky he was to have Zhiming lawyers help protect his rights!