Dickson v. Blacker

John W. Dickson has petitioned us for a certiorari from an adverse judgment of the Court of Appeals (Western Section) in affirming a judgment against him by the trial court.

The only question for our determination is: Is a master responsible to an injured third party for the unauthorized tort of the master’s servant committed outside of the scope of his employment, where there is a contractual relationship between the master and the injured third party?

The two lower courts answered this in the affirmative under the following state of facts. The petitioner operates a filling station in the city…