Meyer v. Manzer

The ground urged by plaintiff on her motion for a new trial is that the court erred in submitting to the jury the question as to whether plaintiff was, at the time of the accident, a licensee or an invitee on defendants’ premises, and that, as a matter of law, the plaintiff was shown to have been an invitee.

Defendants maintained a parking lot and gasoline station facing Elizabeth street, in the city of Utica. The gas station proper was on the north side of the lot, close to and facing the highway. Both east and west of the gas station were driveways or entrances to the parking lot. These…