Legal Opinion

Bennett v. Waffle House, Inc.

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 22, 2000No. 1998-CA-01765-SCTPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

McRAE, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Robert A. Bennett and his wife, Mary Alice Bennett, (the Bennetts) have moved this Court for a rehearing of the May 25, 2000, per curiam affirmance of the judgment below. The motion for rehearing is denied.

¶ 2. The Bennetts appeal the chancellor’s decision that the addition of eighteen seats to a thirty-three-seat Waffle House restaurant by Waffle House, Inc. (Waffle House), the Bennetts’ lessee, did not violate the lease contract which contemplated the construction of a “standard Waffle House.” The judgment of the chancery court is…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Entrepreneur, Ltd. v. YasunaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
  2. Ewing v. AdamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Cleveland v. SalwenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  4. Kearns v. Barney's Clothes, Inc.Civil Court of the City of New York · 1963
  5. Vice v. LeighMississippi Supreme Court · 1995

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Taranto Amusement Co. v. MITCHELL ASSOC. INC.Court of Appeals of Mississippi · 2002
  2. 12 Havemeyer Place Co., LLC v. GordonConnecticut Appellate Court · 2003
  3. Hawaiian Association of Seventh-Day Adventists v. Wong.Hawaii Supreme Court · 2013
  4. Watkins Development LLC v. Jackson Redevelopment AuthorityMississippi Supreme Court · 2019

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