Commonwealth v. Standard Oil Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 61. — PENAL ACTION BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY AGAINST THE STANDARD OIL CO.— October 2. Appeal from Christian Circuit Court. Thos. P. Cook, Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. — One little life of a Kentucky child, snuffed out by an explosion of inferior oil, is worth more to the State and is of more value in the eyes of the court that all the millions of wealth piled up m the bursting treasury of the appellee company. AUTHORITIES CITED.
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CASE 61. — PENAL ACTION BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY AGAINST THE STANDARD OIL CO.— October 2. Appeal from Christian Circuit Court. Thos. P. Cook, Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. — One little life of a Kentucky child, snuffed out by an explosion of inferior oil, is worth more to the State and is of more value in the eyes of the court that all the millions of wealth piled up m the bursting treasury of the appellee company. AUTHORITIES CITED. Meachim’s Admr. v. L. & N. R. R. Co., 20 Ky. Law Rep., 112; Loving, &c. v. Warren County Court, 14 Bush, 321; Commonwealth v.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the- Court by
Judge Carroll —
Affirming.
This penal action was instituted in the name of the Commonwealth against the Standard Oil Company for a violation of section 2209 of the Kentucky Statutes of 1903, providing that: “If any person or persons in this State shall sell, or offer to sell, to he consumed or used in this State for illuminating purposes, any of the oils or fluids specified in section 2202, that will ignite or permanently burn at a temperature less than 130 degrees Fahrenheit, or shall sell or offer for sale, to be consumed in this State for illuminating purposes, any of…
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