Williamson v. Clay

While plaintiff alleged that “the defendant was negligent in directing plaintiff’s intestate to weld upon an automobile in a a small enclosed shed which had inadequate room or ventilation,” and further alleged that defendant was negligent “in his failure to assist the plaintiff’s intestate in extinguishing his flaming clothing which resulted from the explosion,” the evidence is insufficient to support either of these allegations.

Decision, in relation to judgment of nonsuit, turns upon the sufficiency of the evidence to support these allegations: “That the paint can which the defendant filled…