Rose & Crown, Ltd. v. Shaw Enterprises, Inc.

By judgment concluding a lengthy and detailed opinion by Judge John F. McAuliffe, in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, the commercial tenant operating the Rose and Crown Restaurant suffered forfeiture of its lease to the landlord, Shaw Enterprises, Inc. Although the substantial evidence and numerous issues in the case warranted the length of the opinion, we are faced with only two of the problems that confronted the lower court. To the extent possible we will limit the facts to accord these issues.

For our purposes it will suffice to note that appellee demised to appellants premises for…