Curry & Turner Const. Co. v. Bryan

Appellee intended to use kerosene in a can container to start a fire. Instead he got hold of a can of gasoline. The result was an explosion burning him from the hips down which, the evidence tended to show, rendered him a physical wreck for the balance of his life. The explosion occurred on the 22d day of February, 1937. The trial took place about a year afterwards. Appellee was about thirty-six years of age. He had not been able to walk. His legs were drawn at the knees at an angle of about forty-five degrees. He brought this action against appellants, the construction company and certain of…