Chappee v. Lubrite Refining Co.

* NOTE: Opinion filed at May Term, 1935, July 11, 1935; motion for rehearing filed; motion overruled at September Term, September 3, 1935. This is a suit, asking damages in the sum of $29,000, brought by appellant against respondent for an alleged breach of contract in that respondent wrongfully evicted appellant from a filling station of which appellant had possession under a contract with respondent. The trial court, at the close of plaintiff's case, instructed the jury to return a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of one dollar. Respondent did not offer any evidence. From a judgment entered…