Wendling v. Community Gas Company

120 N.W.2d 401 (1963)

Avon F. WENDLING, Appellant,

v.

COMMUNITY GAS COMPANY, Inc., Appellee.

No. 50877.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 12, 1963.

Swanson, Swanson & Boeye, Red Oak, for appellant.

Jones, Cambridge & Carl, Atlantic, for appellee.

SNELL, Justice.

Plaintiff, an invitee, seeks recovery for injuries sustained on defendant's premises.

Defendant was the owner and operator of a gasoline service station. Plaintiff had been a customer for many years. She patronized the defendant's station on an average of fifty times a year. It was her custom to remain in her car while it was being serviced, but she…