Watkins v. Waller Oil Co.

PRICE, Judge.

Donald Watkins has appealed the judgment awarding him $250 general damages resulting from Waller Oil Company’s illegal eviction of Watkins from a service station leased from Waller. The issue is the adequacy of the award to plaintiff.

Waller, a Shell distributor, leases a service station in Jonesboro from the Shell Oil Company. In August, 1973, Watkins became the operator of the station under an oral sub-lease from Waller at a rental price of 1.5 cents per gallon for gasoline delivered to him. Watkins was required to market only Shell products distributed by Waller. At the…