Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. Melville

This suit was brought in the circuit court of White county by appellee against appellant to recover damages for personal injuries received by him in falling over the handle of a jack being used to raise the back end of an automobile, which handle extended across a sidewalk he was rightfully using.

The gist of the allegations of the complaint are that appellant owned a-filling station at the corner of Walnut and Second streets in Newport, which was in charge of its agent, Tom Hutson, and appellee was seriously and permanently injured; that on August 20, 1938, appellee was walking along the…