Latta v. Brooks’s Empirical Analysis

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11 state decisions

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1. ““ * * * The question is, Does ordinary unslacked building lime fall within that category? We think nor. Lime is a common article of building material and is used generally in construction work. It is widely used also for whitewashing the exterior and interior of buildings and fences, and for sanitary purposes. It is practically harmless in its unslacked form, though it is apt to burn or irritate the human body if it comes in contact with it after the substance has been slacked or moistened. We think that we would be going far afield should we place ordinary, unslacked lime in the same category with turntables, engines, gunpowder, dynamite caps and gasoline tanks. * * * ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Scott v. Oscar Ewing Dairy Co.