Sarno v. Gulf Refining Co.

• The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mintukk, J.

While Michael Samo, the infant son of the plaintiff, was returning to his home from the performance of a domestic errand, and while in the act of crossing the intersection at the comer of Brunswick and Eirst streets, in Jersey City, he incidentally stepped upon a manhole cover, when an explosion took place beneath him, which raised the cover of the manhole some distance into the air, and drew the boy into the burning manhole', from which he was extricated after suffering severe injuries as the result of the occurrence. To recover for these…