Sinclair Refining Company v. Duff

R. N. Duff sued the Sinclair Refining Company in the circuit court of the Dardanelle District of Yell County, alleging that he had suffered injuries occasioned by the alleged defective condition of the pumping machinery used in the refining company’s plant at Dardanelle to pump gasoline and kerosene from tank cars into stationary tanks. He recovered a judgment, and the refining company has appealed. Without detailing the evidence, it must suffice to say that the facts are substantially as follows :

Duff had worked at the same place for the Pierce Oil Company, the predecessor of the Sinclair…