Legal Opinion · Dissent

Amjad T. Tufail v. Midwest Hospitality, LLC

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided July 10, 2013No. 2011AP001451Published

1DissentDavid T. Prosser, J.

¶ 52. (dissenting). Amjad Tufail (Tufail) and Midwest Hospitality, LLC (Midwest) entered into a lease in which Tufail unambiguously *653warranted that there were no local ordinances that would prevent Midwest from operating a fast-food Church's Chicken restaurant on Tufail's property. The majority opinion concludes that Tufail did not breach this warranty because the lease did not define "Church's Chicken" as a fast-food restaurant. However, the only reasonable meaning of "Church's Chicken" is a fast-food restaurant.

¶ 53. Even if the lease were deemed ambiguous, the extrinsic evidence…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Von Hoffman v. City of QuincySupreme Court of the United States · 1867
  2. Kenneth P. Bidlack v. Wheelabrator CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
  3. Dairyland Greyhound Park, Inc. v. DoyleWisconsin Supreme Court · 2006
  4. Columbia Propane, L.P. v. Wisconsin Gas Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 2003
  5. Town Bank v. City Real Estate Development, LLCWisconsin Supreme Court · 2010

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