Riggs v. Standard Oil Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota
At Law. On motion by defendant for direction of a'verdict after the closing of the evidence in behalf of both parties.
1Opinion of the CourtLochren, District Judge
(orally). The action that is brought by Mrs. Anna B. Riggs is to recover from the Standard Oil Company damages for the injuries which she sustained by reason of an explosion of oil used by her to light a fire on the 18th of June, 1903, upon the claim that the oil was a mixture of kerosene and gasoline, although purchased by her husband as kerosene oil; and that under the Minnesota statute, which prescribes a test for kerosene, and forbids the sale of any oil which will not stand that test, of not burning at any point below 120 degrees Fahrenheit, the Standard Oil Com- / *200pany was guilty of…
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