Johnson v. Shell Oil Co. of California

Beals, J. —

During the year 1928, Arthur G. Johnson engaged in business in the city of Everett as the proprietor of a grocery store and automobile service station. On May 28th of that year, he entered into a “service station lease agreement” with Shell Oil Company of California, a corporation, one of the defendants herein, and, on December 7th following, the parties signed a supplemental contract, designated as “license and consignment contract.” By the earlier of the two contracts, plaintiff rented his service station to the defendant company for three years from August 1, 1928, the lease…