Manning v. St. Paul Gaslight Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Ramsey county by tbe administratrix of tbe estate of Samuel J. Manning, deceased, to recover $Y,500 for tbe death of ber intestate. Tbe case was tried before Gatlin, J., and a jury wbicb returned a verdict for $5,000. Irom an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
While asleep in his home in St. Paul, Minnesota, on August 22, 1913, plaintiff’s intestate, Samuel J. Manning, was asphyxiated by illuminating gas which had escaped through a break in the service pipe through which defendant supplied it to the building. Mr. Manning was alone in the house on the night he met death. Immediately upon his body being discovered, defendant made an investigation and ascertained that the gas found entrance to the house from a large break in the service pipe at a joint, or coupling, located in the ground about five feet away from where it passed through the foundation…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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