no. b-000119-c melinda matthews, individually ) in the district court ...

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1 American Dairy Queen withhold approval of a transfer of
2 a Texas Dairy Queen over noncompliance of a noncore
3 systems?"
4 A One of the examples of that could be the
5 person - the person wouldn't qualify as a candidate for
6 the transfer, and that wouldn't be part of the operating
7 system in the manual. So, it would be a noncore item;
8 but the person may not qualify.
9 Q Is that in the franchise agreement?
10 A What the franchise agreement says is: To
11 protect licenser from an assignment of the rights
12 hereunder to some person or persons not meeting these
13 requirements, it is agreed and understood that no
14 assignment by licensee of the rights hereunder shall be
15 made without the prior written approval and consent of
16 licenser having been obtained. It is understood and
17 agreed that licenser is the sole and exclusive owner of
18 the franchise.
19 Q So, the person they are selling it to has to
20 also meet American Dairy Queen's requirements, right?
21 A Whatever is meant by that vague terminology.
22 Q And the people that decide what is meant by
23 that vague terminology are American Dairy Queen, aren't
24 they?
25 A And that is even --