Merrill v. Marietta Torpedo Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Roane County. Action by Edward P. Merrill against the Marietta Torpedo Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
"Williams, Judge:
Plaintiff was employed by tbe Ohio Fuel Oil Company as a well driller and, on the 30th of March, 1914, while preparing to measure the depth of the well, preparatory to having it shot, he was injured by an accidental explosion of nitroglycerin, and in an action for the injury recovered a verdict ■ and judgment against the Marietta Torpedo Company for $5,000. By this writ of error it seeks reversal of the judgment.
Defendant is a corporation, engaged in manufacturing ni-tro-glycerin and shooting oil wells. It undertook for the Ohio Fuel Oil Company to shoot the well in question,…
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