Fidelity Phoenix Fire Ins. v. Howard

Appellees, Geo. R. Howard and H. G. Hawkins, were partners. Under the firm name and style, Howard Radio Shop, they conducted a radio business, and in .the same building they carried on an automobile business under the firm name and style, Forest Motor Company. Except for the fact that the two businesses were owned and operated by the same two persons as partners and in the same building, they were kept as much apart or separate as if each were owned by strangers to the other.

One Forbes was an employe of the Howard Radio Shop, with no stated duties to perform for the Forest Motor Company. On…