McKenna v. Citizens' Natural Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 50, Oct. T., 1900, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Beaver Co., Dec. T., 1897, No. 177, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Patrick Henry Mc-Kenna v. The Citizens National Gas Company. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Wilson, P. J. At the trial it appeared that on the night of September 27, 1897, an explosion, occurred in plaintiff’s house at New Brighton by which he was injured and his wife was killed.
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Appeal, No. 50, Oct. T., 1900, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Beaver Co., Dec. T., 1897, No. 177, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Patrick Henry Mc-Kenna v. The Citizens National Gas Company. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Wilson, P. J. At the trial it appeared that on the night of September 27, 1897, an explosion, occurred in plaintiff’s house at New Brighton by which he was injured and his wife was killed. The cause of the accident was the fact that an employee of the defendant had mistaken a by-pass of the Bridgewater Gas Company which supplied plaintiff’s house, for a…
1Opinion of the Court
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Mb. Justice Mestrezat,
This action was brought by Patrick Henry McKenna against the Citizens Natural Gas Company to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by himself and for the loss of his wife, which the plaintiff alleges were caused by an explosion of natural *38gas at his residence in New Brighton, Beaver county, on the night of December 27, 1897. At that time Mr. McKenna was supplied with natural gas for fuel and illuminating purposes by the Bridgewater Gas Company whose mains were laid in the streets of New Brighton. The Citizens Natural Gas Company also had laid its…
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