AMOCO OIL CO. v. DICKSON


378 Mass. 44 (1979)

389 N.E.2d 406

AMOCO OIL COMPANY vs. LLOYD DICKSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

May 7, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.K. Gad, III, for the plaintiff.

Howard M. Bloom (Stanley M. Cohen with him) for the defendant.

Barry Ravech for Edward Karedes, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Harold Hestnes, Robert W. Mahoney & James L. Quarles, III, for Cities Service Oil Company, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

The plaintiff (Amoco) is a supplier of petroleum products. The defendant is a dealer engaged in the retail sale of gasoline, oil, and other products at a gasoline station (the premises) in Arlington. He leased the premises from Amoco for a five-year term commencing November 1, 1976, pursuant to a lease executed on October 13, 1976. As permitted by the terms of the lease, on March 21, 1977, Amoco sent the defendant...

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