Fire Ass'n of Philadelphia v. Fabian

The defendant was proprietor of a gasoline station in the rear of which he permitted, for hire, automobile parking. The parking station had an entrance on State street and an exit on Otsego street in the rear. The-defendant had one employee on duty all the time while the gas station was open, and two during part of the time. The defendant, himself, was on duty at various times during the day and evening. It was the custom of the patrons to park their cars wherever space permitted, without advising the defendant thereof, and to get them without notifying him or his employees, except when…