Webster v. Star Distributing Co.

This appeal is the third appearance before us of this lawsuit concerning restrictive covenants in shopping center leases. The facts have been set forth in the two previous appeals: Guerin v. Webster, 233 Ga. 521 (212 SE2d 352) (1975), and Webster v. Star Distributing Co., 241 Ga. 270 (244 SE2d 826) (1978).

The trial court action from which this appeal was taken was a jury trial on questions of damages and certain rulings by the trial court on equity matters. The jury returned a verdict of some $9,000 damages for the Websters against Star for Star’s breach of the restrictive covenant in its…