Johnson Oil Refining Co. v. Gillam

This is an action of forcible entry and detainer instituted by appellant before a justice of the peace and tried in the circuit court on appeal.

The only pleading is the complaint of appellant, which alleges that appellees unlawfully withheld possession of the property therein described.

Appellant has its principal office in Chicago and is, among other things, engaged in the sale of gasoline and oil products, and leases real estate for the establishment of filling stations where its products are sold at retail by its agents or employees.

On and prior to September 27, 1926, appellee Bart Gillam…