Exxon Corp. v. Wilson

OPINION

KAUFFMAN, Justice.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether a lessor oil company is entitled to regain possession of its gasoline service station from a lessee dealer who refuses to vacate the premises at the expiration of his lease term despite failure of the parties, after extensive negotiations, to agree upon a new lease. Appellant, Robert J. Wilson, seeks to open a judgment in ejectment confessed against him by appellee, Exxon Corporation (“Exxon”), after he refused to vacate a leased gasoline service station at the end of the lease term. In his timely petition to open the…