Johnston v. American Oil Company

Plaintiffs decedent was fatally injured when he and two companions drove into the Meyer-James Couzens Standard Service station. For some unexplained reason, decedent and his companions "razzed” the proprietor, Joe Murphy, when he came out to service them. Because of this Murphy refused to provide them with any service. Thereupon decedent and one of his companions exited from the automobile and de manded that Murphy sell them some gasoline. Both decedent and Murphy were carrying firearms and as might be expected this unfortunate state of affairs resulted in a shot being fired by Murphy which…