Baker v. American Oil Co.

Quillian, J. J. E.

Baker sued American Oil Company in Fulton Superior Court. The suit was based upon a guarantee of American Oil Company to indemnify the plaintiff against a wrong act in breaking a contract with one Mrs. Crawford, as agent for Texas Oil Company. The defendant filed to the petition a general demurrer, which was sustained and the petition dismissed. The plaintiff excepted.

The petition as finally amended alleged: that the defendant is engaged in the wholesale gasoline and oil business and filling-station supplies in Georgia; that the defendant is indebted to the plaintiff in the…