Parker v. Gulf Refining Co.

SIMONS, Circuit Judge.

The appellants, husband and wife, severally sued the manufacturer of Gulfwax, a paraffin product, for injuries growing out of burns received by the wife in its use. They complain of a verdict directed against them below, where the suits were consolidated for trial. The Gulfwax having been purchased from a retail dealer, and there being no question of negligent manufacture, the controlling question is whether it is an inherently dangerous product for the use contemplated so as to require upon its container some warning respecting its hazards.

The accident out of which the…