GULF REFINING CO. v. BROWN

No. 4215.

93 F.2d 870 (1938)

GULF REFINING CO. v. BROWN.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

January 4, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Irvin Gill, of Danville, Va. (Carter & Williams and Margaret L. Carter, all of Danville, Va., on the brief), for appellant.

E. Walton Brown, of Danville, Va. (Clinton A. Fowler, of Danville, Va., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, NORTHCOTT and SOPER, Circuit Judges.


SOPER, Circuit Judge.

The Gulf Refining Company, defendant in the District Court, appeals from a judgment of $10,000 rendered at the suit of the administratrix of the estate of Percy Edward Brown upon the claim that he had come to his death by reason of the neglect of agents of the refining company, in that they had sold and delivered as kerosene oil a dangerous mixture of kerosene and gasoline which exploded when he made use of it for the purpose of kindling a fire...

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