FRIENDLY ICE CREAM CORP. v. BECKNER

Record No. 031640.

597 S.E.2d 34 (2004)

268 Va. 23

FRIENDLY ICE CREAM CORPORATION, et al. v. Beatrice F. BECKNER.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 10, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. Terrell; J. Jonathan Schraub (Michael C. Gartner; Paige A. Levy; Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, Washington, DC; Sands, Anderson, Marks & Miller, Fredericksburg, on briefs), for appellants.

Warren Stein, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


ELIZABETH B. LACY, Justice.

In this appeal we review the chancellor's decree rescinding an amendment to a lease because the lease amendment was the result of undue influence.

Facts

Beatrice Beckner and her husband entered into a commercial lease with Friendly Ice Cream Corporation (Friendly) allowing Friendly to build and operate a retail store on property owned by the Beckners. The lease commenced in 1976 with an original term of 15 years...

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