Standard Pipe Line Co. Inc. v. Dillon

This is an action for damages brought by appellee, as administratrix of the estate of Henry Dillon, against the Standard Pipe Line Company, Inc., for causing the death of her husband, Henry Dillon, by the carelessness and negligence of said company by raising or causing to be raised a pipe line heavily charged with oil and gas, which exploded and broke, the oil striking the deceased with violence, knocking him down and covering him, with the result that he developed pneumonia, from which he died.

Deceased was in the employ of the appellant company as water carrier, on or about the 11th day of…