Byrnes v. Hewston

This is a proceeding in error to the court of common pleas of Hamilton county. The action below was one for personal injuries received by Dana K. Hewston, a boy about ten years of age, as a result of the explosion of some blasting caps picked up by the 'boy in a *14pasture, where he had gone to drive home a cow. The boy took the caps home, and, not knowing their character, he put some of them on burning coals in the cook range. An explosion followed by which he was severely injured.

The defendant, Joseph A. Byrnes, is a contractor, and about six months prior to the injury had been engaged in…