CLAY, Commissioner.
This case presents the very narrow question of whether the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur properly should be applied when damage is caused by the explosion of dynamite in a storage magazine maintained by the defendant. The trial judge initially submitted this case to the jury, which returned a verdict of $5,000 for appellant plaintiffs, but upon reconsideration of the question on a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, he set aside the...
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