Rife v. Gafill Oil Co.

In 1924 plaintiff was a farmer living with his family between two and three miles from Dowagiac in Cass county, and used kerosene lamps for lighting his home. On June 30, 1924, his wife was killed in their home by explosion of a can partially filled with a fluid purchased by him as kerosene from defendant at its filling station in Dowagiac. Defendant is a corporation dealing in oil products, including gasoline and kerosene. It maintains large storage or supply tanks at Niles, which are filled from tank cars, and from there delivers its product in tank trucks to its filling stations and…