Hubbard v. Rowe

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Chief Justice Stabler.

This action was brought in March, 1933, against the defendants, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, a corporation, and E. W. Rowe, for damages in the sum of $250,000-.00, on account of physical injuries claimed to have been received by plaintiff in the handling and dispensing of gasoline and tetraethyl lead gasoline.

The complaint alleged, among other things, that the oil company owned a filling station in the Town of Bennettsville, South Carolina, and that Rowe at all of the times mentioned was in the employ of his…