Friedman v. Colonial Oil Co.

Defendant is an oil company with offices in Des Moines. Plaintiff owned a filling station' near her home in Eldora. She was unable to read English. November 15, 1940, defendant leased the filling-station for the term of four years ending November 15,1944, at $50 per month, payable in advance. Plaintiff’s son-in-law, Nathanson, a businessman living in Clinton, executed the written lease as her agent. Until August 1942, defendant sent checks for the monthly rentals by mail from Des Moines to Nathanson at Clinton.

In the summer of 1942 plaintiff became mentally ill and left Eldora to reside with…