Skelly Oil Company v. Darling

BLACKBIRD, Vice Chief Justice.

The issue in this appeal is whether or not an oil and gasoline marketing company that has leased a service station from its owner, and sub-leased it to an operator, is liable in damages for personal injuries to one of the operator’s employees, suffered when the hydraulic lift in the station’s lubrication room suddenly dropped, while he was under it, greasing an automobile for one of the station’s customers.

In this case, the service station, which is located on the Main Street of Antlers, Oklahoma, had been built several years before being leased by its owners, an…