TRIPPS RESTAURANTS v. SHOWTIME ENTERPRISES

No. COA03-610.

595 S.E.2d 765 (2004)

TRIPPS RESTAURANTS OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC., Plaintiff, v. SHOWTIME ENTERPRISES, INC., Dueling Pianos of North Carolina, Inc., Frank Scozzafave and Michael Scozzafave, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 18, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adams & Osteen, by J. Patrick Adams and William L. Osteen, Jr., Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellee.

William M. Black, Jr., Raleigh, for defendants-appellants.


LEVINSON, Judge.

Defendant (Frank Scozzafave) appeals from judgments finding him liable, as the personal guarantor of a lease, for breach of the lease contract. We affirm.

This appeal arises from the interpretation of a lease signed 12 November 1997. The first sentence of the lease states:

This lease agreement, made and entered into this the 12th of November, 1997, by and between Tripps Restaurants of North Carolina, ... hereinafter called the "Lessor...

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