Standard Oil Co. v. Veland

— No dispute of fact is presented in the record. The case was tried largely upon a stipulation of facts. Whatever right the plaintiff has, had its origin in a certain lease of premises then operated as an oil filling station by one Hankins, wherein Hankins purported to be the lessor, and the plaintiff herein the lessee, and whereby such premises were leased to the plaintiff for a term of five years from October 1, 1925, at an annual rental of $180. One Wood, and not Hankins, was the owner of the real estate, and joined in the lease. Thereupon, the plaintiff employed Hankins to operate the…