Crane Co. v. Davies

This was an action in tort against the defendant (appellant) for damages to the household goods and to the leasehold interest of the plaintiff (in the house) by reason of a boiler explosion in the heating system of his dwelling house. The plaintiff rented the house from his father.

The wrong complained of was that the heating equipment, furnace, boiler and supplies manufactured and furnished by defendant for the heating system were imminently or inherently dangerous when put to the use intended, which dangerous condition was known to defendant and not made known, but was unknown to the…