Smith v. Gulf Refining Co.

G. C. Smith brought his equitable petition against the Gulf Refining Company, a foreign corporation. It appears from the petition that the plaintiff was the holder of a lease of certain real estate in the Town of Butler, Georgia, for a term of twenty-five years, which the Town of Butler had executed to petitioner; that the latter erected on the lot of land, the subject of *192the lease, a building and equipped the same with tanks and other necessary material and implements for the purpose of handling the products of the Standard Oil Company, and did operate the place of business for the purpose…