Genack v. Gorman

Plaintiff, a married woman, 37 years of age, residing near Merrill, Saginaw county, purchased in March, 1919, from Daniel P. Gorman, then a merchant at Merrill, a can of Ebinol stove pipe enamel for the purpose of enameling stove pipes in her home. The enamel had been manufactured and sold to the trade by defendant, the R. M. Hollingshead Company, a New Jersey corporation. There was no label on the can or warning showing dangerous ingredients that were explosive or combustible.

Plaintiff later in the month opened the can and

“Then proceeded to enamel the pipe of the kitchen range, in which…