MATHER v. RILLSTON

No. 139.

156 U.S. 391 (1895)

MATHER v. RILLSTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 4, 1895.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.C. Dustin and Mr. George F. Edmunds for plaintiff in error. Mr. James H. Hoyt and Mr. George Hayden were on Mr. Dustin's brief.

Mr. F.O. Clark, with whom was Mr. R.C. Flannigan on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The testimony produced on the trial by the plaintiff and the defendants corroborated in all essential particulars the facts set forth in the declaration. It is not, however, as definite in its statement of the extent of the heat of the room on the day of the explosion. The declaration puts it at a very high degree Fahrenheit, and the plaintiff, who was examined on the subject, while he...

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