Arkansas Natural Gas Company v. Sealy

Hart, J.,

(after stating the facts). The sole ground upon which the judgment is sought to be reversed is that the evidence is not legally sufficient to warrant the verdict.

The evidence for the defendant, as well as for the plaintiff, shows that it is very dangerous to work in oil and gas fields. Indeed, it is a scientific fact of which the court will take judicial notice, that natural gas is so inflammable that, the moment a flame is applied to it, it will immediately ignite with an instant explosion. Holmberg v. Jacobs (Ore.), Ann. Cas. 1917D, p. 496; Jamieson v. Indiana Natural Gas & Oil Co.…