Beanblossom

General Petroleum Corp. of California v. Beanblossom

Good Law
47 F.2d 826·1931 U.S. App. LEXIS 3560
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 16, 1931No. 6321California1,172 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Rudkin, J.

By the terms of an agreement dated May 28, 1928, G. W. Beanblossom and wife leased a gasoline service station at Renton, Wash., to the General Petroleum Corporation of California. The lease, which was for a term of seven years, provided that the lessee would have the exclusive right to the use of the surface and sub-surface of the property for tho storage of gasoline and petroleum products, the exclusive right to use the tanks, pumps, and other gasoline and oil dispensing equipment thereon, as well as the exclusive right to install new or additional equipment. The lessee was also granted the exclusive right to paint all buildings, fences, or other structures on the property for tho purpose of advertising its name and products. The rental agreed upon was $5 per month and 1 cent per gallon for all gasoline sold from the station. In the event of a breach of any of! the provisions of the lease by either party, the agreement was terminable at the option of the other upon ten days’ written notice. Contemporaneously with the execution of the lease, the General Petroleum Corporation, by another agreement, appointed the lessors as its agents for the sale of its products from the station,…

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