Goodman & Theise, Inc. v. Scranton Spring-Brook Water Service Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

What gave rise to this action was an explosion of gas; the responsibility for its occurrence is the determining factor of the litigation.

The situation preceding the accident was wholly different from those which characterized our former cases dealing with the relative duties of a property owner and a gas company with respect to the proper maintenance of the service pipe supplying the property.

There was formerly a residential property at 820 South Washington Avenue in the City of Scranton, and in 1916 a service pipe for gas was installed in the premises. In…