Standard Oil Co. v. Stubbs-Auckland Oil Co.

The Standard Oil Company, plaintiff and appellant in this action, owned a lease upon a certain filling station in the town of Fairfield, Iowa, under which it had the right to the possession of said property from March 3, 1930, to October 7, 1932. This right was determined by a judgment in a forcible entry and detainer action against the defendants, and was not appealed from. Although the record contains much evidence relating to that action, it cannot be considered here. Plaintiff had been operating the station in question through defendant Auckland, under a regular agency contract, until…