Lynn v. Roberts

These two cases were tried as one with separate damages awarded. Plaintiff Wimbush owned and operated a gasoline filling station and ordered benzol from defendant. Mr. Roberts was engaged in selling benzol and gasoline to retail dealers at filling stations, and, to make deliveries of orders, he provided an owner of two trucks with tanks to be mounted thereon and paid the owner of the trucks a percentage commission for making deliveries and collecting and returning payments. The driver of one of the trucks made a delivery of benzol at the filling station of Mr. Wimbush on the 3d day of April,…