Barlow v. Krieghoff Company

This is an appeal from a judgment non obstante veredicto, after a jury had returned a verdict in the sum of $2,500 in favor of plaintiff Matthew Barlow, a minor, who received sevére burns by hot tar in September of 1940, when he was 8 years • old.

Defendant Frank Wurm is the owner of property in the city of Detroit, located at the corner of' Sheridan, Gratiot and Warren avenues. The widening of Gratiot avenue required considerable alterations in Wurm’s building, which is used for recreational and bowling alley purposes. This reconstruction required tbe use of tar, felt and pitch, et cetera, on…