DiGesu v. Weingardt

OPINION

EASLEY, Justice.

Mario DiGesu and Catherine DiGesu, plaintiffs-appellees, (DiGesu) brought a declaratory judgment action against Wilfred Weingardt, defendant-appellant, (Weingardt) to void a partial lease of a liquor license. The trial court granted summary judgment for DiGesu. Weingardt appeals. We affirm.

Issue

The issue is whether the parties, in splitting the liquor license and operating separate establishments on adjoining premises under a lease agreement, were in violation of the state regulation requiring that a license be leased in its “entirety,” thus making the lease void as…