Knapp v. Standard Oil Co.

The plaintiff, while riding as a guest in an automobile driven by one B. F. Grill, sustained personal injuries in a collision between that and another automobile owned and driven by A. L. Hampton, an employee of the Standard Oil Company of California. The collision occurred shortly after dark on the evening of June 29,1936, on the Pendleton-John Day highway about 20 miles south of Long Creek. Hampton at the time was returning from Pendleton where he had been on business for his employer. Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages from Hampton and the company and obtained a verdict and…