Morris v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.

Plaintiff while employed as a miner in a clay mine operated by the Parker-Russell Company, at Wellsville, Missouri, on April 17, 1929, was injured by a premature explosion of dynamite. He sued E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., a corporation, (hereafter called the DuPont Co.) and its employee, Raithel, alleging; that the dynamite had been purchased from the DuPont Company who manufactured it; that Raithel, as the- employee of the DuPont Company, had charge of mixing the explosive element, nitroglycerin, with the nonexplosive matter used in the manufacture of the - dynamite; that defendants were…