McEldon ex rel. Munch v. Drew

'Defendants were conducting a store in the city of Cedar Rapids, in the year 1906, whereat they sold gunpowder and other explosives. At the time in question plaintiff was five days over twelve years of age. He was small of stature and inexperienced in the use of explosives. He was still wearing short trousers, .and had never seen any one use gunpowder, save on the Fourth of - July, 1905, and on the day of the accident in question. He had never used firearms of any sort, and a jury may have found that he did not have the ordinary experience of boys of his *392age. On the 27th day of June, 1906,…