Ridgeline, Inc. v. Crow-Gottesman-Shafer 1

SHANNON, Chief Justice.

Petitioner, Ridgeline, Inc., seeks review by way of writ of error of a summary judgment rendered by the district court of Travis County. Respondents are Crow-Gottesman-Shafer # 1 and others. This Court will reverse the summary judgment.

Ridgeline is a corporation owning a number of hamburger restaurants. Respondents are the owners of the Colonnade Shopping Center located in Austin. In June 1983, the parties entered into a lease agreement in which Ridgeline leased space in the Colonnade Shopping Center for the operation of a restaurant. The lease contained a clause…