Radio Cab, Inc. v. Houser

Appellee, whom we shall call plaintiff, recovered a verdict and judgment against appellants, whom we shall' call defendants, for personal injuries sustained October 18, 1938, on a filling station lot in the City of Washington. Both plaintiff and the individual defendant were regular patrons of the station and were in the habit of purchasing gas there two or three times a day. On the evening in question, plaintiff went to the station for the purpose of repairing his automobile, intending to do the necessary work himself. To this end, he asked and obtained the permission of the attendant in…