Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. Knisel
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; Alexander M. Duffle, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a suit brought by Martin Knisel in the Garland Circuit Cojirt against the appellant, Waters-Pierce Oil Company, hereafter called the “oil company,” Arkansas Gas Company, R. C. Chambers and Charles Walker, Ed Burke, and Sam and Leo Mayer, to recover damages on account of personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the joint negligence of the defendants in producing an explosion…
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Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; Alexander M. Duffle, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a suit brought by Martin Knisel in the Garland Circuit Cojirt against the appellant, Waters-Pierce Oil Company, hereafter called the “oil company,” Arkansas Gas Company, R. C. Chambers and Charles Walker, Ed Burke, and Sam and Leo Mayer, to recover damages on account of personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the joint negligence of the defendants in producing an explosion of gasoline vapor in a building called the “Turf Exchange” in Hot Springs on the 24th day of December, 1902. It is…
1Opinion of the Court
Joseph W. House, Special Judge,
(after stating the facts.) Several questions are raised in the record as. to alleged errors in not permitting certain witnesses to answer certain questions propounded to them by the appellant, the answers to which, it is contended, would have had a tendency to discredit or impeach such witnesses before the jury, and it is also contended by appellant that the .trial court erred in giving certain instructions asked by appellee; but, in view of the opinion of the majority of the court, it is unnecessary to pass upon these questions. The real question to be…
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