Read Phosphate Co. v. Vickers

This action was brought by James Solon Vickers, a minor, by his next friend, to recover damages for personal injuries, acid burns, caused by the explosion of a metal drum filled with sulphuric acid, which acid was sold by the Read Phosphate Company to the Tennesseee Enamel Manufacturing Company, the employer of J ames Solon Vickers; but before this case was tried the plaintiff was killed in ah automobile accident, and the suit was revived in the name of his father, C. H. Vickers, administrator of the deceased.

The declaration contained three counts, and averred that the de--Pnn/iapt o0ld…