Gulf Refining Co. v. Miller

1. The plaintiff’s petition set out a cause of action for damages resulting from personal injuries alleged to have been received by him by reason of the explosion of a lamp used by him which ~lie had filled with gasoline that he mistook for kerosene and which had by the negligence of the defendants been sold to him as kerosene; and the amendment allowed thereto, being germane to the petition and merely alleging additional consequences and resulting damages arising out of the defendant’s conduct, was properly allowed (Mayor &c. of Macon v. Melton, 115 Ga. 153, 41 S. E. 499), and the…