BOYD et al. v. SHELL OIL CO.


454 Pa. 374 (1973)

Boyd et al., Appellants, v. Shell Oil Company.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 26, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter K. Swartzkopf, Jr., with him Rhoads, Sinon & Reader, for appellants.

Lee C. Swartz, with him H. Joseph Hepford, and Hepford, Zimmerman & Swartz, for appellees.

Before JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, November 26, 1973:

These appeals concern a lessee's right, or lack thereof, under certain lease provisions to install automatic car washing facilities in its service stations without the prior consent of the lessors. The pertinent facts can be summarized as follows.

In the latter part of 1968, appellee, Shell Oil Company (Shell), leased two sites from appellants for the purpose of erecting and operating service stations...

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