Legal Opinion

Bunyan v. American Glycerin Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided July 19, 1923PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Barry

In an action on the case, appellee charged that on February 7, 1921, and for a long time prior thereto, the American Glycerin Company and Charles Townsend were possessed of and were using and operating a nitroglycerin business and were engaged in the manufacture, storage, transportation and use .of nitroglycerin, in shooting wells in Lawrence county and elsewhere, and that the same is a high explosive of the most dangerous and deadly kind; that it is a heavy, sticky liquid and when poured from the can some of it remains therein; that they carelessly and negligently scattered and left the used…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Doremus v. RootWashington Supreme Court · 1901
  2. McGinnis v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1906
  3. Clark v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1915
  4. Anderson v. West Chicago Street RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
  5. Southern Railway Co. v. HarbinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Stewart v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
  2. Meece v. Holland Furnace Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1933
  3. Northrop v. LopatkaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1993
  4. Wellman v. Fordson Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1928
  5. Rogina v. Midwest Flying Service, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1945

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