Legal Opinion

Food Service Distributors, Inc. v. Barber

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 1, 1983No. 81-1074PublishedCited by 58 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is an appeal by Food Service Distributors, Inc., from a summary judgment entered in favor of plaintiff, George W. Barber, Jr., in an action brought for breach of a lease. It presents a question of first impression in this jurisdiction.

On January 14, 1980, Food Service Distributors, Inc. (Food Service), entered into a lease with Britling Cafeteria Company, Inc., as part of an agreement to operate a commissary for Britling. That lease recognized an existing lease between Britling and appellee George W. Barber, Jr., and bound all parties to the terms of both:

"SECTION 2. EXISTING LEASE:…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Wheeler v. First Ala. Bk. of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
  2. Mass Appraisal Services, Inc. v. CarmichaelSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
  3. Sisco v. Empiregas, Inc. of Belle MinaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
  4. Fraser v. DoingCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
  5. Reliance Ins. Co. v. Substation ProductsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981

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3Cited by58 opinions

  1. Bean v. CraigSupreme Court of Alabama · 1990
  2. Edgar H. Battle, D/B/A Edgar H. Battle Funeral Home v. Liberty National Life Insurance Company, Aubrey Carr, James L. Taylor, as the Adm., Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
  3. P & S BUSINESS v. South Cent. Bell TelephoneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
  4. Reeves Cedarhurst Dev. v. FIRST AMFEDSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
  5. Smith v. CITICORP PERSON-TO-PERSON FINANCIAL CENTERSSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985

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