Cabell v. Standard Oil Co.

Maxwell, Judge:

The defendant complains of verdict and judgment against it for $10,000, in the circuit court of Nicholas County, in favor of the plaintiff for personal injuries suffered by him in an explosion of an alleged mixture of kerosene and gasoline.

Plaintiff was injured early in the morning of January 30, 1929. He says that after he had dressed he went to the kitchen and stirred down the ashes in the stove (bituminous coal was used for fuel), saw no indication of burning coals, placed some kindling wood and fresh coal on the burned coal, and then picked up the oil can (one-gallon in…