Lofton v. Bryan

Carretón Harris, Chief Justice.

In the petition for rehearing appellant insists that this case is controlled by Huffstettler v. Lion Oil Company, 208 F. 2d 549. There it was held that the operator of a bulk plant who distributed Lion products to retailers who had contracted with Lion to sell that company’s products, was not an independent contractor, but a subcontractor.

The decision in the Lion case was based on Hobbs Western Co. v. Craig, 209 Ark. 630, 192 S. W. 2d 116, and Brothers v. Dierks, 217 Ark. 632, 232 S. W. 2d 646. In the Hobbs Western case it was shown that Hobbs Western was…