Weaver v. American Oil Company

In this case the appellee oil company presented to the appellant-defendant leasee, a filling station operator, a printed form contract as a lease to be signed by the defendant, which contained, in addition to the normal leasing provisions, a “hold harmless” clause which provided in substance that the leasee operator would hold harmless and also indemnify the oil company for any negligence of the oil company occurring on the leased premises. The litigation arises as a result of the oil company’s own employee spraying gasoline over Weaver and his assistant and causing them to be burned and…