Legal Opinion
Rotruck v. Grandma's Biscuits, Inc.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 17, 1979No. 34515PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
The issue in this appeal is whether Grandma’s Biscuits, Inc. did or did not assign to Wholesome Foods, Inc. its rights under a certain lease. We find that as a matter of law no such assignment was made, and accordingly the grant of summary judgment for Grandma’s Biscuits, setting aside a purported sale of the land, was not erroneous.
The land in dispute, the "Mistletoe Road Property,” belonged to Mrs. Berry who entered into a ground lease agreement with Grandma’s, giving Grandma’s a ten-year term expiring in 1980, two successive renewal periods of five years each, and a right of…
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