Smith v. Smith-Peterson Company

OPINION

By the Court,

Ducker, C. J.:

This controversy grows out of injuries alleged to have been suffered by appellant’s minor son when a dynamite cap exploded in the boy’s hand. Appellant, suing in the latter’s behalf, seeks to recover the sum of $15,000 for such injuries. A demurrer to the complaint was sustained, and judgment entered thereon.

Respondents contend that the complaint does not state a cause of action, and the judgment was put on that ground.

According to the complaint,, respondents, for some months prior to and on August 25, 1933, had been and were engaged in rock crushing on a…