HOP-IN FOOD STORES v. SERV-N-SAVE, INC.

Record No. 870222.

375 S.E.2d 753 (1989)

HOP-IN FOOD STORES, INC., et al. v. SERV-N-SAVE, INC.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory L. Lyons, Washington, D.C. (Gerald A. Dechow, Terry E. Parsell, Gardner, Moss & Rocovich, P.C., Roanoke, on briefs), for appellants.

Gary E. Tegenkamp (David B. Hart, Roanoke, Robert Jett Ingram, Jr., Blacksburg, Fox, Wooten & Hart, P.C., Roanoke, on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, THOMAS, and WHITING, JJ.


WHITING, Justice.

In this appeal, we deal with the scope of relief afforded by the declaratory judgment statutes. Code §§ 8.01-184 to -191. The trial court held that such relief was not available to construe a provision of a written lease to determine whether continued occupancy of certain premises would subject a lessee to liability for continuing damages, and his employees and customers to criminal liability for trespass.

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