Legal Opinion
Sinclair Refining Co. v. Tompkins
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 13, 1941No. 9681PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
Mary B. Tompkins was severely burned by pouring into her cookstove that which she had bought for kerosene, but which she contends was in part or in whole gasoline. She sued Sinclair Refining Company, whose agent had sold it to her, and recovered a verdict of $7,500. Sinclair Refining Company appeals from the resulting judgment.
A motion for new trial included the ground that the verdict was excessive. The trial judge declared the verdict larger than he would have rendered, and was perplexed about it, but found no sufficient cause to set it aside. The size of the verdict…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Cincinnati Siemens-Lungren Gas Illuminating Co. v. Western Siemens-Lungren Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Blake v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Philp v. NockSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Slaughter v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. SimcockTexas Supreme Court · 1891
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Mack v. NewtonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Bucher v. KrauseCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
- United States v. Certain Parcels of Land in Rapides ParishCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945
- SOUTH CENT. BELL TELEPHONE CO. v. ParkerMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
- Alabama Great Southern R. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
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