JOHNSON v. SHELL OIL CO.


274 Wis. 375 (1957)

JOHNSON and wife, Appellants, vs. SHELL OIL COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

January 7, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there were briefs and oral argument by John E. Reilly of Milwaukee.

For the respondent there was a brief by Burlingame, Gibbs & Roper of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Wayne J. Roper and by Irving Slifkin of New York, N. Y.


STEINLE, J.

The plaintiff, LaCroy Johnson, successfully operated a gasoline station owned by the defendant, Shell Oil Company, in the city of Milwaukee from 1945 until the spring of 1951, when he and his wife purchased a tract of land consisting of about one acre at 683 South Hawley road, West Allis, upon which was located a gasoline and service station, and where Johnson thereafter conducted a filling and service-station business. Previous to the purchase of the...

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