Benson v. Fowler

This cause involves an appeal by James B. Benson, who was plaintiff in the lower court, from a jury verdict and judgment thereon in favor of the defendants in the Circuit Court of Madison County, Tennessee. For convenience the parties will be styled, as in the lower court, plaintiff and defendants or by their respective names. Plaintiff’s suit is for damages resulting from the loss of three fingers on his left hand and one finger on his right hand, which fingers had to be amputated following the freezing of same, caused by contact with propane gas, while he was filling a tank attached to a…