Sherwood Brothers, Inc. v. Eckard

A corporate landlord of a filling station appeals from a judgment on the verdict of a jury, which found it liable to a salesman calling on the tenant and hurt when an automobile, being greased by the tenant, rolled from a hydraulic greasing lift. Suit was brought by the injured man, Richard C. Eckard, the appellee, to his own use and to the use of an insurance carrier, against Roy H. Cutsail, lessee and operator of the station, and the appellant, Sherwood Brothers, the owner and lessor. The jury found a verdict for the lessee.

The filling station consists of the pumps and surrounding area, an…