McDONNELL v. MONTGOMERY WARD & COMPANY

No. 1090.

154 A.2d 469 (1959)

Dolores McDONNELL by her next friend Kenneth McDonnell v. MONTGOMERY WARD & COMPANY, Inc.

Supreme Court of Vermont. Rutland.

September 1, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bloomer & Bloomer, Rutland, for plaintiff.

Lawrence C. Jones, Rutland, for defendant.

Before HULBURD, C. J., HOLDEN, SHANGRAW and BARNEY, JJ., and DIVOLL, Superior Judge.


HOLDEN, Justice.

The plaintiff was burned by a burst of exploding fuel gas while she was attempting to light the oven of a cooking range. The plaintiff's husband, Kenneth McDonnell, had purchased the appliance, referred to as a Ward's Gas Range, from the defendant a short time before his marriage to the plaintiff. The stove was delivered to the McDonnell home on August 2, 1956.

The plaintiff's husband engaged the Rutland County Gas Company to install the stove...

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