Dubois v. Gentry

This suit originated in the Circuit Court of Putnam County by DuBois filing a petition for a declaratory judgment as to his, or their, right to terminate a lease contract. The plaintiffs had leased a filling station in the town of Cookeville from the defendants, agreeing to pay as a consideration the sum of $60 per month. Fallowing the execution of this lease they took possession and operated it for approximately two years. It appears from the petition and the evidence that plaintiffs had considerable difficulty in subleasing the place and in operating it themselves, due to gasoline and tire…