Sinclair Refining Co. v. Giddens

1. Where premises equipped for use as a gasoline and oil service-station are leased for a term, and the rent reserved consists of a designated sum of money per gallon on all gasoline which the lessee shall deliver to the station during the term of the lease, the rent not to be less than $10 a month, it is clearly within the contemplation of the parties to the contract that the lessee shall, during the term of the lease, operate upon the premises a service-station for the sale of gasoline; and where the lessee, after taking possession of the premises under the lease, ceases to operate thereon…