Florida Publishing Co. v. Lourcey

Plaintiff in error leased to A. P. Seig Newspaper Route 738 under a written lease agreement whereby Seig was required to purchase of Florida Publishing Company and deliver to its customers certain daily newspapers. Seig used an automobile to perform his part of the contract and while assisting him in this, Bernard Lourcey was thrown against a telephone pole and injured. In a common-law action against Florida Publishing Company, he secured a judgment for personal injuries and that judgment is here for review on writ of error.

Several questions are argued but they all turn on that of whether or…