Piskorowski v. Shell Oil Co.

STATON, Judge.

On August 31, 1965, Shell Oil Company and Jospeh F. Piskorowski entered into a lease agreement whereby Shell agreed to rent Piskorowski’s property located at the southeast corner of 139th Street and Hoh-man Avenue in Hammond, Indiana. The lease agreement was for a ten year term, but included provisions by which Shell could terminate its leasehold interest in Piskorow-ski’s property prior to the expiration of the ten year period.

In January of 1967, Shell, acting under the auspices of the termination provisions, notified Piskorowski that it was exercising its option to cancel its…