Noles v. Winn Oil Co. Inc.

This case grows out of a controversy as to the possession of some property in Fayetteville, Tennessee, belonging to the plaintiff, E. B. Noles, which was leased to the defendant J. H. Winn. This lease was assigned to the Winn Oil Company, Incorporated. The Spur Distributing Company owns a majority of the capital stock of the Winn Oil Company and upon the property is an automobile filling station in which the products of the Spur Company are distributed.

The suit originated in a Magistrate’s Court by a de-tainer warrant issued at the instance of the plaintiff against the defendants and was…