Ayala v. Murrell

O’CONNELL, Justice.

Nelson Ayala, appellant, was plaintiff below and Clyde W. Murrell, appellee, was defendant. The parties will be referred to as they were in the trial court.

Plaintiff, distributor of petroleum products and automotive equipment, on August 5, 194S entered into a written contract with Sidney and James Howell, who then owned and occupied the land involved in this suit. The contract, which was recorded in the public records of Polk County on December 12, 1951, provided that the Howells who operated a service station on the land, would purchase petroleum products only from…