Erickson v. GOODELL OIL CO. INC.

The Case

Plaintiff was hired during the year 1963 by Robert Goodell of the Goodell Oil Company to work with his son, Stuart Goodell, at a retail gasoline station known as Bridge Service. Defendant Goodell Oil Company owned the building including fixtures and equipment and also the realty of the Bridge Station through an undisclosed arrangement with Stuart Goodell, who was operating the station under an assumed, hut unfiled, name. In January, 1964, defendant resumed operation of the gas station to the exclusion of Stuart Goodell, hut continued using the name Bridge Service Station. Plaintiff…