Legal Opinion
Lambert v. Southern Counties Gas Co.
California Supreme Court
Decided June 23, 1959No. L. A. 25414PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpence, J.
Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment in favor of defendant Southern Counties Gas Company entered after said defendant’s general demurrer to the first amended complaint had been sustained without leave to amend.
Plaintiffs sought damages for the loss of their “Caterpillar D8 tractor equipped with a Bulldozer 8S blade attachment and No. 29 Cable Control attachment; . . . hereinafter . . . referred to as plaintiffs’ bulldozer.” They had rented it to certain ranch owners and it was totally destroyed by fire after striking and puncturing a high-pressure gas pipeline less than 15 inches under the…
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