Lunsford v. Standard Oil Co.

This is an action for damages for the loss of a tank truck and trailer, which was destroyed by fire about four a. m. on August 21, 1945.

The Shell Oil Company maintained a crude oil pump station near Wasco, consisting of a small building with a boiler room to the east, an engine room to the west, and a small office near the center of its north side. This office had an outside door to the north and also doors opening into the boiler room and engine room. The engine room had doors on its north and south sides. The boiler room had doors on its north and south sides and also two doors on its east…