Burnside v. Gulf Refining Co.

McGoiwen, J,,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action by the mother and next of kin of Russell C. Burnside, a minor eleven years of age, to recover damages accruing to them by reason of the fact that Russell was “burned to a crisp” and died from the effects of an explosion of an automobile tank on the streets of Natchez. After all the evidence was in, the court below gave a peremptory instruction for both defendants ; and the plaintiffs in the court below prosecute an appeal here.

The facts necessary to understand the case are: Appellee Miller owned a Nash Cabriolet, and on…