Dronette v. Meaux Bros.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment which dismissed his suit - on an exception which in general terms alleges that the plaintiff’s petition “fails to set forth any cause of action against defendant.”

The suit is for damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff as the result of an explosion of the reservoir or glass tank of his cook stove, caused by gasoline which defendant sold and delivered plaintiff instead of kerosene which plaintiff purchased.

The petition alleges that plaintiff purchased from defendant and paid for a barrel or drum of kerosene, and that, through…