St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Gant

This was an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by A. W. Gant while in the service of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company as a section hand.

The plaintiff was engaged, with other section hands, under the supervision of a foreman, in filling oil tanks with water at Stamps, Arkansas. Some time after dark the plaintiff went up on an oil tank with a. lighted lantern to see if it was full of water. He could see where the oil had wasted around on the ear.- When he got up on the car there was an explosion, which severely injured him. The explosion was caused by the oil…