Valencia v. Shell Oil Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment for plaintiff in an action for damages resulting from loss of the use of a gasoline distributing truck.

Prior to September 27, 1935, plaintiff was: engaged in the operation of Ms own service station and in the wholesale distribution of gasoline, on a commission basis, for the Mileage Gasoline Company. On that date plaintiff’s truck, which was used in connection with his business as a wholesale distributor, was being driven on the highway between Dunsmuir and Weed in Siskiyou County when it was hit by a tank that fell from a truck belonging to defendant Shell…