Gundelsweiler v. H. W. Jayne Chemical Co.
Citations
- 161 Pa. 23
- 28 A. 946
- 1894 Pa. LEXIS 623
Syllabus
<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Explosion.</p> <p>In an action to recover damages for personal injuries it is proper to enter a compulsory nonsuit where the evidence for plaintiff shows that he was a laborer employed in defendant’s chemical works to pour napthaline or camphor balls out of barrels into a pan to be melted; that on the day of the accident while pouring out balls which had been bought from another chemical works an explosion occurred by which plaintiff was injured ; that napthaline was absolutely nonexplosive; and that there was nothing to show the cause of the explosion.</p>
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