Rhodes v. Sinclair Refining Co.

ROGERS, Justice.

Walter M. Rhodes brought this suit to recover damages for his alleged unlawful ejectment from a service station he was operating, in the City of Bogalusa, under a lease from the Sinclair Refining Company. The defendants are the Sinclair Refining Company and Albert L. Nye, its agent in Bogalusa. Defendants denied that plaintiff was unlawfully ejected from the leased premises. They averred, on the contrary, that plaintiff voluntarily surrendered the leased premises when he was requested to do so. The court below rejected plaintiff’s demand, and he has appealed from the judgment.

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