Royal Ins. v. Romain Motor Co.

Defendant company, at the request of Leon Pfeiffer, undertook to make certain repairs to his Pierce-Arrow automobile.

Before commencing the repairs it was necessary to clean the outside of the motor of the car, and, in an effort to do this, a mechanic in defendant’s employ was scrubbing the motor with a brush which he dipped from time to time in either gasoline or kerosene. There is some dispute as to which was being used. The brush used was an ordinary paint brush hound with a metal band. In some manner the band of the brush came in contact with one of the connections of the starting *2motor…