Windish v. Peoples Natural Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 176, Oct. T., 1914, by plaintiffs, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., Fourth T., 1910, No. 103, on directed verdict for defendant, in case of Joseph Windish and Mary Windish v. Peoples Natural Gas Company. Trespass to recover damages for injuries resulting from an explosion of natural .gas in plaintiffs’ dwelling. Before Reid, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for defendant by direction of the court and judgment thereon.
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Appeal, No. 176, Oct. T., 1914, by plaintiffs, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., Fourth T., 1910, No. 103, on directed verdict for defendant, in case of Joseph Windish and Mary Windish v. Peoples Natural Gas Company. Trespass to recover damages for injuries resulting from an explosion of natural .gas in plaintiffs’ dwelling. Before Reid, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for defendant by direction of the court and judgment thereon. Plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
This is an action of trespass to recover damages for-in*238juries resulting from an explosion of natural gas in plaintiffs’ dwelling house. In the statement of claim several acts of negligence are charged, which may be summarized as follows:
1. That the defendant company negligently and carelessly permitted the gas to escape from its lines in the public street, and to percolate through the stone wall and along the surface pipe into the cellar of the dwelling house in question, and there accumulate in such dangerous quantities as to cause the explosion.
2. That the…
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