Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Kingscott

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J.:

This was an action by John C. Kingscott against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company to recover damages for personal, injuries resulting from the explosion of an oil barrel. Kingscott was employed by the railway company in an oil house at Argentine, and while emptying coal-oil from a barrel into a tank by-means of compressed-air pressure the barrel burst, and portions of it struck' him upon the face and body, destroyed an eye, and inflicted other severe injuries. In his petition he alleged that the railway company was negligent…