Standard Oil Co. v. Steele

Plaintiff, Standard Oil Company, is an oil company which issues credit cards. Defendant, Eleanor *28I. Steele, is the holder of one of its credit cards (the “card”)- Plaintiff is suing defendant for certain charges made on the card.

In June 1983, defendant was in St. Thomas Hospital, Akron, Ohio. While she was hospitalized, Anita Zavodny, a friend of the defendant, telephoned her and explained that she needed to get to Cleveland and asked defendant if she could use defendant’s Sohio credit card (the “card”) to purchase one tank of gas for the trip. Defendant thought that it would be impossible…