MATSON, JUSTICE.
Plaintiff appeals from an order sustaining a demurrer to his complaint in a common-law action for damages for disfigurement.
Pursuant to the demurrer we have these facts: On June 14, 1950, plaintiff, as a "dope dobber" (sic), was employed by defendant in smearing hot dope (a tarlike material) on a pipe to be used in the laying of a pipe line. Through defendant's negligence, a bucket of the hot dope was upset and a part of the contents...
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