Williams v. James

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

This is a suit to compel the defendant to carry out a written contract by which he leased to the plaintiff a town lot in Ruston, La. The lease included also the improvements on the lot, especially two large underground gasoline tanks and two pumps. The lease was made on the 20th day of May, 1935, for the term of five years, from August 1, 1935, to August 1, 1940, at $40 a month, with the privilege of renewal for another term of five years, at $50 a month, at the option of the lessee. He was a wholesale agent for one of the major oil companies. The products of another of…