Sanders v. Austin

This is an action against the owners of an automobile supply station and their employee in charge of such station, one Lawrence, to recover damages for injuries to person and property claimed to have been suffered by the plaintiff through the negligence of Lawrence. The plaintiff had judgment and the defendants appeal. The facts of the matter are:

The plaintiff was the owner of a Ford automobile which he was operating as a jitney bus and ran the car alongside the gasoline pump of the supply station to obtain some gasoline. The gasoline tank on a Ford machine is beneath the front seat, and the…