Urton v. Price
California Supreme Court
Appeal from an order denying a new trial, in the Fourth District Court, City and County of San Francisco.
1Opinion of the Court
McKinstry, J.:
The action was originally brought against the defendant Price to recover damages received by plaintiff by reason of the negligent manner in which the defendant conducted an experiment in chemistry, in the course of a public lecture, at which plaintiff was lawfully present (the defendant Price attempting to pass a current of oxygen gas over or through “ napthaline ”), which resulted in an explosion and the shattering of a glass receiver, by means whereof plaintiff’s eye was injured and its sight destroyed.
After defendant Price had answered, plaintiff obtained leave of the Court…
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