Standard Oil Co. v. Franks

Appellee was a servant at an oil and gasoline station, commonly called a service station, operated by appellant through an agent. There was an air pipe which extended across and over the ground adjacent to the gasoline pump, and which at the point of injury in this case was exposed about three or four inches above the ground and for a length of about three feet. This air pipe, according to the evidence, as believed by the jury, was in a dangerous position, in that when an employee called to serve the gasoline pump went to that place in the performance of his duties he would, unless on the…