Mudrich v. Standard Oil Co.

OPINION

By DOYLE, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the Common Pleas Court of Cuyahoga County, in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a verdict of a jury in the amount of $25,000 and against The Standard Oil Company, the defendant.

The plaintiff is a minor who, through his next friend, sought and received a judgment for damages against the defendant which he claims arose as the proximate result of the negligence of the defendant’s servant.

There is evidence tending to prove that the defendant, The Standard Oil Company, pursuant to an order from the proprietor of a general store and gasoline filling…