McArthur v. Dutee W. Flint Oil Co. Inc.

This is an action of trespass on the case for negligence. The trial in the Superior Court resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for $17,500. The trial justice denied the defendant’s motion for a new trial and the case is before this court on the defendant’s exceptions as follows: To the admission of testimony; to instructions to the jury; to the refusal to instruct; to the refusal to direct a verdict for the defendant and to the denial of the defendant’s motion for a new trial.

The defendant, a wholesale dealer in motor oils and gasoline, undertook to install a gasoline pump for one Mullins…