Legal Opinion

Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp. v. Barrett

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided June 2, 1944PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Reversing.

The appeal concerns the right of a lessee to cancel a lease of a certain lot upon which it had erected a gasoline filling and service station because of the effect of the Federal war-time restrictions in relation to the business conducted and products handled on the premises. The question is resolved into the construction of a provision in the lease authorizing its cancellation by the lessee under certain specified conditions.

The lease covers a lot at Third and Allen Streets in Owensboro. It is for 'twenty years- from July 1, 1926, subject…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Orme v. Atlas Gas and Oil Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1944
  2. Robitzek Investing Co. v. Colonial Beacon Oil Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1943
  3. First National Bank of New Rochelle v. Fairchester Oil Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1943
  4. Buell v. Indian Refining Co.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1939
  5. Eminence Distillery Co. v. FremdCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1921

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Haun v. KingCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1984
  2. Dubois v. GentryTennessee Supreme Court · 1945
  3. Frazier v. CollinsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1945
  4. Southern Railway Co. v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1960
  5. Jackson Hosp. Corp. v. United Clinics of Ky., LLCCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2018

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