Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Realty Farm Development Co.

STEINFELD, Chief Justice.

This appeal concerns the determination of whether a subsequent lessee is bound by the restrictive covenants in a lease between a common lessor and a prior lessee and whether a grocery may be operated in an automobile service station. Appellant Ash-land Oil, Inc. (formerly Ashland Oil and Refining Co.), is the subsequent lessee and Winn-Dixie, Louisville, Inc., is the prior lessee. Appellee Realty Farm Development Company, Inc., is the common lessor and W. F. Blackerby is its president.

On May 19, 1958, Realty Co. leased to Winn-Dixie a tract of land located in…