Panhandle Oil Co. v. Therrell

The appellant, by means of an original bill, sought to recover from the appellee Therrell and the -¿Etna Insur- anee Company a judgment for six hundred dollars and interest. A demurrer to the bill was sustained, and-an appeal to this court was granted, to settle the principles of the case.

The hill alleges, in substance, that Therrell leased to the appellant a lot in the town of Florence, on which was situated a filling station, for five years, at an annual rental of two hundred forty dollars per year, the lease contract stipulating that:

“Party of the second, part (Panhandle Oil Company) does…