Glaser v. Seitz

Siphons of seltzer water, like the one that exploded, are in common use, and have been manufactured and sold in this citv and elsewhere for many years. They are certainly in as common use as steam boilers and gas, and an explosion of a steam boiler or of gas does not necessarily create an inference of negligence sufficient to fix liability on the defendant. The plaintiff, even in such cases, must go further, and prove affirmatively the existence of' some defect in construction, or condition of the thing which contains the gas or. steam of which the defendants were cognizant, or which they…