Maple v. Tennessee Gas Transmission Co.

The plaintiff, while attempting to turn his car on a roadway adjacent to the defendant company’s pumping station in icy weather, became stuck in the ditch adjacent to defendant company’s driveway. Plaintiff walked onto the defendant’s premises, talked with Stewart, one of the defendant company’s employees, and told Stewart his problem. Stewart and he went in Stewart’s car to one of the garages on the company’s property intending to get a truck with which to pull plaintiff’s car from the ditch. While plaintiff and Stewart were attempting to open the garage door Stewart’s driver-less car…