ENSIGN-BICKFORD CO. v. REEVES

No. 10873.

95 F.2d 190 (1938)

ENSIGN-BICKFORD CO. v. REEVES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

March 7, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haywood Scott, of Joplin, Mo. (Fred L. Williams, of St. Louis, Mo., John W. Scott, of Joplin, Mo., and Williams, Nelson & English, of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellant.

William O'Herin and Wayne Ely, both of St. Louis, Mo. (Leahy, Walther, Hecker & Ely, of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellee.

Before STONE, SANBORN, and WOODROUGH, Circuit Judges.


WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

Jake Reeves, the plaintiff in this suit, suffered severe injuries including total loss of sight by the unexpected explosion of a charge of powder while he and a man named Richard Lovell were blasting out rock in a small quarry in St. Louis county, Mo. They had used a fuse known as "Clover Brand Safety Fuse" and Reeves brought this action for damages for his injuries against the fuse manufacturer....

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