Ramsey v. Sentell Oil Company

MERRILL, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment of non-suit, induced by the sustaining of demurrers to all five counts of a complaint, as amended. Plaintiff was injured when a steel drum that formerly held tractor fuel exploded when a cutting torch was applied to it.

Count One reads as follows:

“The Plaintiff claims of the Defendants the sum of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND AND NO/100 ($200,000.-00) DOLLARS, as damages and as grounds for the damages claimed, the Plaintiff alleges as follows:

“1:01. On, to-wit; April 9, 1963,. the Defendants were in the business of manufacturing, selling and distributing…