Helton v. Hawkins

This is an action for damages growing out of injuries to the person and property of plaintiff caused by a fire in a garage in which he was employed as a mechanic, at Ash Grove. The only grounds of negligence alleged in the petition are couched in the following language: “That on the said 11th day of October, 1924, and on the forenoon of that day, the defendant came into the said garage, and, coming back to where the plaintiff was working, engaged him in conversation; that the plaintiff at that time was standing at or near a tank of gasoline and was cleaning his hands by washing them in…