Peplinski v. Kleinke

Plaintiff brought suit individually and as administrator of the estate of his deceased wife, Clara Peplinski, against John N. and Paglia Pawlak and Max A. Kleinke, all of Bay City, Michigan. The cases were consolidated for trial and are brought to this court upon one record. The Pawlaks kept a grocery store and Kleinke owned a gasoline, kerosene, and oil distributing station in Bay City. Plaintiff charged that decedent purchased a small quantity of kerosene from the Pawlaks, who had purchased it from Kleinke; that the kerosene was contaminated with gasoline; and that when decedent attempted…