Stone v. Sinclair Refining Co.

In this suit plaintiff recovered judgment against defendant for wrongfully causing the death of his wife and two children. The facts in brief upon which the action was planted were that plaintiff arose on the morning of June 8, 1920, prepared his own breakfast, and left for his work. Later his wife and children arose, and sometime during the morning hours the mother sent Gladys, her 7-year-old daughter, to the nearby grocery store of Peter Coleman for a can of kerosene oil. She returned with the oil, and a short time thereafter an explosion was heard in plaintiff’s house. The fire department…