Eves v. Littig Construction Co.

While Harold Eves was endeavoring to remove the explosive substance from a dynamite cap for the purpose of making a whistle, the cap exploded, and blew the thumb and forefinger off his right band. This action, prosecuted in the name of his father, as guardian, is to recover damages from the Littig Construction Company, which is charged with having carelessly and negligently left a box containing three dynamite caps on the bank of a deep cut made by the construction company in a public highway, where it was found and the caps removed by Harold on the morning of August 5, 1923. The box…