Alligator Co. v. Dutton

WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

The Alligator Company appeals from a judgment rendered against it for damages for personal injuries suffered by Jene Dut-ton, a nine year old boy who was burned by a highly inflammable waste product which the company had left accessible to him and other playing children. It was alleged that negligence of the company was the proximate cause of the injuries and the recovery was upon that ground. Diversity of citizenship and jurisdictional amount involved were shown and the federal jurisdiction vested upon removal of the cause from the state court.

There was substantial…