Pan-American Petroleum Corp. v. Pate

Dexter Pate, by his guardian and next friend, sued the Pan-American Petroleum Corporation, J.M. Brown, and E.G. Senter, for a personal injury to the said Dexter Pate occasioned by the explosion of a can containing kerosene, or gasoline, or a mixture thereof, by which the child was severely injured. Among other injuries the child was burned about the face.

It was the theory of the plaintiff that the Pan-American Petroleum Corporation was operating a business in which J.M. Brown and E.G. Senter were employed as agents for the purpose of selling the products of the company, kerosene, gasoline,…