SAFEWAY, INC. v. PLAZA CO. OF VIRGINIA

Record No. 930763.

444 S.E.2d 544 (1994)

SAFEWAY, INC., et al. v. The PLAZA COMPANY OF VIRGINIA.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 10, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven C. McCallum, Richmond (McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, on briefs), for appellants.

Douglas W. Davis, Richmond (Cynthia S. Cecil; Hunton & Williams, on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., and COMPTON, STEPHENSON, WHITING, LACY, and KEENAN, JJ., and HARRISON, Retired Justice.


CARRICO, Chief Justice.

This case involves the provisions of a lease covering premises in a Lynchburg shopping center. From a final judgment in favor of the landlord, we awarded the tenant an appeal and will reverse.

The lease was entered into October 15, 1985, between Covington Properties of Lynchburg, Inc. (Covington), the then owner of the shopping center, as lessor, and Safeway Stores, Incorporated, as lessee. Running for a term of twenty years commencing...

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