Gulf Refining Co. v. Huffman Weakley

The petition for certiorari challeng'es a judgment for damages by fire resulting from alleged negligent handling of a gasoline truck, the storehouse of plaintiffs being destroyed. The jury found negligence on the facts and tlie Court of Appeals lias concurred in that finding, which practically concludes petitioner on this question in this court. However, the main reliance is upon another ground. The petitioner, Gulf Refining Company, insists that the truck was owned and its driver employed and controlled, not by it, but by one Overall, whose relation to it was that of an independent…