O'Brien v. Standard Oil Co. of Kentucky

SIBLEY, District Judge.

Mrs. O’Brien sued the Standard Oil Company for the negligent killing of her husband, William G. O’Brien. A verdict for the defendant was directed in the District Court. Without substantial dispute it was proven that the appellant’s husband drove his automobile into a filling station of the defendant and upon the hydraulic rack whieh was used to elevate ears so that the oil might be conveniently drained, and gave order that the oil be changed. The appellant remained in the ear, a sedan. Her husband was stand-' ing on the left-hand running board, wiping off the wind…