Rufo v. Bastian-Blessing Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

This is an appeal from the Court of Common Pleas which sustained defendant’s preliminary objections to plaintiffs’ reinstated complaint in trespass. Plaintiffs alleged that defendant supplied one of the plaintiffs, Clementino Rufo, with a defectively manufactured portable cylinder containing gas and that as he was using the cylinder to melt solder in the basement of his home the cylinder was ignited by a nearby pilot light and an explosion occurred which caused property damage and severe personal injuries.

This accident occurred in December, 1957. Plaintiffs…