Carla and Shalisa signed a lease to rent a condo for one year for $1,500 rent per month. Carla and Shalisa were both working and agreed to split the rent. After 3 months, Carla lost her job, packed up her belongings and went to live with her parents in Europe. Shalisa has not paid the current month's rent and offers to give the landlord half. She told the landlord to get the other half from Carla. The landlord is demanding the full $1,500 in rent from Shalisa and took her to court for 'breach of contract'.

How should this case be decided and explain why?

 

This is because as to the landlord, who is to be considered the creditor in case, the rent to be paid was the full amount of $1,500. This is because according to the law on obligations and contracts, creditors cannot be compelled to accept payment partially or in installment. What is binding as to the landlord is the terms and conditions in their contract. And as what is stated on the problem, both Carla and Shalisa signed a lease for $1,500 per month. This means that the landlord can enforce this amount to any one of them because they have signed the lease contract and they must comply with it in good faith.

Even if Carla and Shalisa agreed between themselves that they are splitting the rent, this agreement does not affect the landlord because he was not a party to such agreement. Instead, Shalisa' remedy is to file a case against Carla for paying her share of the rent and for violating their agreement of splitting the rent.