Tietke

This is an action brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff as a result of the explosion of a gas stove purchased from and installed by the defendant. The cause was tried before a jury and a verdict was rendered in favor of plaintiff, and judgment was entered in accordance therewith, from which judgment defendant now appeals.

It appears that at the time of the occurrence which gave rise to this action, and for some years previously thereto, the defendant conducted a business of selling and installing gas stoves for cooking purposes in the city of Los Angeles, and known as the Forrest Stove Works. He sold one of such stoves to the plaintiff, and installed in her home a second-hand stove, to be used until such time as he could deliver the new one; the stove temporarily in use was lighted at the oven, in the ordinary performance of household duties, and when the oven was subsequently opened by plaintiff there was an explosion of gas, which burned her about the face, arms and hands. The complaint alleges that defendant was careless and negligent in the installation of said stove, in that the oven burner thereof was improperly adjusted, so that it had…