Hop-In Food Stores, Inc. v. Serv-N-Save, Inc.

In this appeal, we deal with the scope of relief afforded by the declaratory judgment statutes. Code §§ 8.01-184 to -191. The trial court held that such relief was not available to construe a provision of a written lease to determine whether continued occupancy of certain premises would subject a lessee to liability for continuing damages, and his employees and customers to criminal liability for trespass.

Because the case was decided on demurrer, we accept as true the material facts which are well pleaded, as well as all reasonable inferences which might be drawn from those facts. Burns v.…