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MARTIN SILVA, )

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Plaintiff/Appellee,  ) Davidson Chancery No. 95-2607-II  
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VS.  ) Appeal No. 01A01-9604-CH-00153  
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JAMES A. CROSSMAN  )  
d/b/a JIM CROSSMAN REALTY,  )  
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Defendant/Appellant.  )  

APPEAL FROM THE CHANCERY COURT OF DAVIDSON COUNTY
AT NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
THE HONORABLE ELLEN HOBBS LYLE, CHANCELLOR

FILED

November 1, 1996
Cecil W. CrowsonROBERT J. NOTESTINE, III Appellate Court Clerk
Nashville, Tennessee
Attorney for Appellant

MICHAEL SNEED
Nashville, Tennessee
Attorney for Appellee

AFFIRMED
ALAN E. HIGHERS, J.
CONCUR:

W. FRANK CRAWFORD, P.J., W.S. HOLLY KIRBY LILLARD, J.
agreement. The lessor of the premises, James A. Crossman, terminated the lease after discovering that the lessee, Martin Silva, had experienced problems with violence and other criminal activities at the previous location of his nightclub.  Silva filed a complaint in the Chancery Court for Davidson County seeking damages for breach of the lease contract.  The trial court heard the case without a jury and awarded damages to Silva. Crossman has appealed and argues that the trial court erred in failing to find grounds for rescission of the lease and in awarding damages to Silva.  For the reasons stated below, we affirm the judgment.  
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Since 1992, Martin Silva has owned and operated a hispanic nightclub called

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