Palacine Oil Co. v. Philpot

DIFFENDAFFER, O.

This is .an action commenced by Mary Jane Philpot, a minor, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, against the Palacine Oil Company, .hereinafter referred to as defendant, to recover damages for personal injuries, alleged to have been received by reason of the negligence of defendant.

The petition, in substance, alleges that defendant, among other things, is engaged in thel business of selling and distributing gasoline. and in that connection owns and maintains at various places tanks or reservoirs with pumps' connected therewith which it furnishes to its customer, the tanks…