Gulf Refining Co. v. Rogers

ALEXANDER, Justice.

This suit was brought by Elbert Rogers and the Texas Employers’ Insurance Association against the Gulf Refining Company and Dan Russell to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by Rogers. The defendant Gulf Refining Company owned a gasoline filling station at West, Tex., which station was operated by Dan Russell under a written contract. Elbert Rogers drove his automobile into the filling station for the purpose of having the tank filled with gasoline. Ernest Johnson, one of the employees at the station, undertook to service the car, and in…