Questão jurídica principal
Whether the heirs had standing to contest the lease termination after the tenant's death.
Decisão extraída
Yes. The heirs succeeded to the lease by operation of law and retained a legally protected interest in its continuation.
Fundamentação extraída
Under inheritance law, the heirs stepped into the deceased tenant's lease and acquired the contractual right of use; the fact that they did not personally occupy the apartment did not remove their patrimonial interest.