Gordy v. Pan American Petroleum Corp.

This suit is for the recovery of damages for personal injuries sustained by the appellant on account of an explosion of a can of petroleum products in the nature of gasoline or tractor fuel, which had been sold to her husband as kerosene by an agent or servant of the appellee, P. L. Domengeaux, the operator of a bulk station for the sale and distribution of such products, and which had been purchased by him from the appellee, Pan American Petroleum Corporation; and in which suit there was a peremptory instruction granted in favor of the appellees.

The first count of the declaration sought to…