Charles E. Doss v. Apache Powder Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment entered in the Western District of Texas against Apache Powder Company for damages for personal injuries to three persons and the death of a fourth in an accidental explosion of Apache dynamite in Texas. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
When the explosion occurred the dynamite was on a truck oí O. H. urockett, Inc., which used dynamite in recovering casings from oil wells. Those injured and killed were employees of Brockett. The chain of circumstances from manufacture to explosion were these. Apache manufactured the dynamite at its…
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