Stackhouse v. Pure Oil Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. G. B. Greene, Acting Associate Justice.

Mrs. Elizabeth H. Stackhouse of Columbia, the owner of a lot with improvements at the northeast corner of Bady and Sumter Streets, by written lease dated the .... day of September, 1929, let said premises to Palmetto Petroleum Company, a corporation, for a period of three years, beginning January 1, 1930, and ending December 31, 1932, at a rental of $410.00 per month, payable in advance. At that time the said corporation, which was controlled by Grover C. Richey, was engaged in the distribution of the products…