King v. Morrison Motor Freight Lines

This is an appeal on questions of law from a judgment entered upon a verdict for the defendant rendered upon direction of the court at the conclusion of plaintiff’s opening statement.

From the opening statement it appears that a truck of the defendant, hauling a number of barrels or drums of chlorosulphonic acid, came into collision with a railroad train, as a result of which a number of such drums were scattered over and adjacent to the railroad crossing. Plaintiff’s employer, Kaiser Chevrolet, was engaged by the defendant to remove the resulting debris. Chlorosulphonie acid is a highly…