Leoni v. Reinhard

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Barnes,

The question presented by this appeal is whether the plaintiff has stated a good cause of action. The minor plaintiff was injured by the explosion of unslaked lime. The statement of claim avers that defendant’s truck was carrying a load of such material on a state highway, near Swatara Station, in Dauphin County, during the afternoon of April 22, 1935, As the vehicle passed the minor plaintiff, a child twelve years of age, who was walking along the highway, a piece of nnslaked lime fell from the truck and was picked up by him. He placed it in a bucket of damp…