Johnson Oil Refining Co. v. Indian Refining Co.

This is an action brought by the appellee against the appellant to recover possession of certain real estate in Terre Haute, Indiana, and for damages for the unlawful detention thereof.

The complaint was in one paragraph and the appellant filed an answer in two paragraphs thereto; the first was a general denial and the second was an affirmative answer based upon a certain written instrument, which the appellant alleges to be a lease, by the terms of which the appellant claims the right of possession to the real estate in controversy. A reply in general denial to this second paragraph of answer…