Berchtold v. Martin, Partners

Plaintiff in error, Bernard W. Berchtold, an infant twelve years of age, prosecutes this suit through his father as next friend, and seeks to recover judgment against defendants in error in the sum of $20,000 for personal injuries claimed to have been received through the explosion of a blasting cap, which resulted in inflicting serious injuries to the eyes of plaintiff in error.

The circumstances under which this blasting cap was secured by plaintiff in error and the other alleged acts of negligence on the part of defendants in error, which it is claimed were the proximate cause of plaintiff…