Royal Frozen Foods Co. v. Garrett

The Supreme Court’s opinion in this case has provoked considerable discussion among both the bench and bar as to what it really held. For this reason, I will attempt a possible analysis.

Let me begin by restating this court’s opinion which was reversed by the Supreme Court: The uncontradicted evidence in the case showed that the lady defendant, after receiving gasoline in her automobile, backed into a gasoline pump, knocked it over, the gasoline ignited and a fire spread causing damage-to the property of both plaintiffs. The lady defendant admitted these facts and offered no' explanation for…