Rivenbark v. Shell Union Oil Corp.

This is an action for actionable negligence brought by plaintiff against defendants for alleged injury to him by defendants, in keeping and maintaining at a gasoline or filling station, operated by defendants in Wilmington, N. C., a slick and dangerous place for customers to walk on, by allowing gasoline, oils and greases to drip and spill on the floor and approach to the filling station. Plaintiff alleged that he was seriously injured, without fault on his part, by defendants’ negligence in not using due care to keep a safe place to walk on. The defendants Farrow in their answer say that…