SOSO v. ATLAS POWDER COMPANY

No. 15546.

238 F.2d 388 (1956)

Matt SOSO, Appellant, v. ATLAS POWDER COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 27, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cleo V. Barnhart, St. Louis, Mo. (J. Edward Gragg and William R. Schneider, St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellant.

F. W. Schwarz, St. Louis, Mo. (John W. Scott, Joplin, Mo., Thomas J. Laffey, Jr., Robert P. Barnett, Wilmington, Del., and Fordyce, Mayne, Hartman, Renard & Stribling, St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellee.

Before SANBORN, JOHNSEN and WHITTAKER, Circuit Judges.


WHITTAKER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was injured by an unexpected explosion of dynamite manufactured by appellee and sued it for damages, charging that it negligently manufactured the dynamite by failing properly to mix the nitroglycerin and inert materials therein, and in negligently storing the same under improper temperature and ventilation conditions, and in selling the same for use with knowledge that it was defective.

The case was tried before a jury...

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