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Elevator Contract Law - IL

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LMS

Junior Member
My company purchased a building in Jan 07 with one working elevator. Since that time we've allowed an elevator service company to come in and service the elevator which has included a pressure test. In June of 08 we learned that our building was under a service contract from the previous owners. We we never informed of this contract prior to purchasing the building and the contract never states it is automatically transferable from one building owner to the next. The service technicians also never informed their company that the building had changed hands and was under new ownership. While we are willing to pay for the pressure test incurred because we do see in the elevator a record of this service. We do not feel obiligated to pay for any other services including the electronic monitoring service or RAM box housed within our elevator box because we did not know anything about this contract and our company nor any personnel is not listed on the agreement. The elevator company also has a list of times they claim they've serviced the elevator, but they have no signed records from any of our personnel coordinating these facts. The elevator company claims that elevator service agreements automatically transfer from building owner to building owner without up date and we should just assume all responsibilities for these payments. I'm not aware of contracts that are automically tranferable from one party to another without notice; does the elevator company have any grounds to come after us for services rendered that we did not agree to.
 


xylene

Senior Member
Generally, business contracts attach to parties, not inanimate things (like a building)

However you do owe for the fair value of work for which you received benefit.

You should contact a lawyer to help you understand this and whatever other encumbrances your building has attached to it.
 

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