Charania v. Ramada Inns, Inc.

Birdsong, Judge.

Ramada Inns, Inc., sued Firoz Charania for default and infringement on a franchise agreement and on a personal guaranty of payment of franchise fees. He gave his formal guaranty, reciting that he did so “as an inducement” to Ramada to grant him the Ramada franchise rights of the hotel at Six Flags Over Georgia.

In the normal course, Ramada deemed the agreement to be temporary until it approved Charania’s application or until the agreement was sooner terminated for other reasons such as failure to adhere to Ramada’s standards of operation. Charania operated the hotel as Ramada…