Smith v. Pawtucket Gas Company
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Trespass on the Case for negligence. Heard on demurrer to declaration, and demurrer sustained.
1Opinion of the Court
Stiness, O. J.
The plaintiff sues the defendant for negligence in introducing gas into his house, at the request of a tenant. The declaration states that a daugerous machine called a slot meter was placed therein by the defendant, but it does not state that the meter itself had any direct relation to the injury sustained, nor that it was defective in any way, or, if so, that the plaintiff had no means of knowledge of the defect whereby he was unable to state in what the defect consisted. Cox v. Prov. Gas Co., 17 R. I. 199. If the damage sued for was caused by the meter, the declaration should…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Schmeer v. . Gas Light Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Bartlett v. Boston Gas Light Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Rockford Gas Light & Coke Co. v. ErnstAppellate Court of Illinois · 1896
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- Moran Junior College v. Standard Oil Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1935
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