Grant Drugs Inc. v. Williams

GAFNI, J.,

This case involves the granting of a preliminary injunction to prevent defendants, Thomas and Mary Williams and Lansford Corporation, from leasing premises in Grant Shopping Center to Rite-Aid or any other drugstore or patent medicine store. Plaintiff, Grant Drugs Inc., a current tenant, bases its claim on the restrictive clause in its lease with Thomas and Mary Williams.

The center was constructed in 1964 and consisted of a supermarket and eight smaller retail stores. At the center’s inception there was a drugstore owned by Gerson Stein with a lease provision which stated that the…