Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Buhlinger

On April 6, 1922, the appellant corporation (under the then name of “Sam Seelig Company”) made and executed to George Helwig and W. A. Buhlinger a lease of certain floor space in appellant’s store on Santa Monica Boulevard, in the city of Los Angeles, for the period of eight years from May 1, 1922. Paragraph seven of said lease contained the following provision: “This lease, or any part thereof, shall not be assigned, by operation of law, or otherwise, nor any part of said premises sublet, without the written consent of the lessor ... ; no waiver of a breach of any covenant, agreement or…