AMERICAN OIL COMPANY v. DASTUGUE

No. 20087.

316 F.2d 507 (1963)

AMERICAN OIL COMPANY, Appellant, v. Glen F. DASTUGUE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 29, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murphy Moss, Paul B. Deal, New Orleans, La., Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Edward C. Alker, New Orleans, La., Alker & Janssen, Milton W. Janssen, New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, CAMERON and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict and judgment against the lessor of a service station and in favor of an employee of the lessee-operator of the station. Appellee was burned in a fire allegedly caused by the negligent acts of appellant in its role of owner of the realty upon which the fire occurred.

When the accident occurred, appellee Dastugue had been employed for about four weeks by one Gremillion, the lesseeoperator of the station...

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