WARD v. CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.

No. 2 CA-CIV 3171.

123 Ariz. 208 (1979)

598 P.2d 1027

Lewis B. WARD, Sr., Plaintiff/Appellant, v. CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., a corporation, Standard Oil Company of California, Western Operations, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Don Nelson and Jane Doe Nelson, husband and wife, Defendants/Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 1979.

Review Denied July 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Molfoy, Jones, Donahue, Trachta, Childers & Mallamo, P.C. by D. Michael Mandig, and Michael J. Meehan, Tucson, for plaintiff/appellant.

Ryley, Carlock & Ralston by N. Warner Lee and Susan M. Swick, Phoenix, for defendants/appellees.


OPINION

RICHMOND, Chief Judge.

The question on this appeal is whether the Petroleum Products Franchises Act, A.R.S. § 44-1551, et seq., can be applied to a franchise agreement in existence on the date the act took effect. The trial court found that it could not and entered summary judgment for defendants. We affirm.

Plaintiff and defendant Standard Oil Company of California, Western Operations, Inc., entered into a "dealer lease" and "three-party...

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