Azeltine v. Lutterman

This is an action for damages for alleged negligence in the sale and delivery of kerosene. The plaintiff-appellee’s intestate, Garnet Azeltine, was the wife of W. H. Azeltine. They resided on a farm southeast of Iowa Falls, Iowa. The defendant-appellant George Lutterman, at the times hereinafter mentioned, was operating a tank wagon for his codefendant, Skelly Oil Company. On November 19, 1930, the said Lutterman sold to the Azeltines thirty gallons of kerosene which was by him deposited in a yellow drum or barrel at the farm home of the Azeltines. According to the testimony of Lutterman,…