Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. Garner

The plaintiffs owned a filling station. By written instrument they leased it to the defendant corporation for a term of five years. The defendant took possession and operated the station for approximately two and a half years, at which time it served written notice upon the plaintiff lessors that by reason of their failure to observe the covenants contained in the lease agreement the lessee elected to exercise its right to terminate the lease. In about a month, then, the defendant vacated the premises. This is an action by the lessors against the lessee, in which the lessors recovered a…