Schoepper v. Hancock Chemical Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Houghton; Hubbell, J. Case by Augusta Schoepper, administratrix of the estate of Fred Schoepper, deceased, against the Hancock Chemical Company, for the alleged negligent killing of plaintiff’s intestate. From a judgment for defendant on verdict directed by the court, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
The plaintiff’s intestate met his death while in the defendant's employ, and the question involved in this case is whether his death was caused by actionable negligence of the defendant. The defendant is engaged in the manufacture of nitroglycerine in the county of Houghton, and, prior to the injury complained of in this suit, had been engaged in that business for 10 or 12 years. The method of manufacturing nitroglycerine at the defendant’s works is as follows: 1,200-pounds of sulphuric acid is first mixed with 1,650 pounds of nitric acid, after which 1,700 pounds more of sulphuric acid is…
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