Pouder v. Peoples Natural Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 43, Oct. T., 1914, by plaintiffs, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., June T., 1911, No. 129, on directed verdict for defendant, in case of Mary J. Pouder and Boy Pouder, her husband and next friend, v. The Peoples Natural Gas Company. Trespass to recover damages for injuries to plaintiff’s dwelling resulting from the explosion of natural gas. Before Reid, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts.
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Appeal, No. 43, Oct. T., 1914, by plaintiffs, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., June T., 1911, No. 129, on directed verdict for defendant, in case of Mary J. Pouder and Boy Pouder, her husband and next friend, v. The Peoples Natural Gas Company. Trespass to recover damages for injuries to plaintiff’s dwelling resulting from the explosion of natural gas. Before Reid, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for defendant, by direction of the court and judgment thereon. Plaintiffs appealed. Error assigned was in directing a verdict for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
This case grows out of the same state of facts as Windish v. Peoples Natural Gas Company, in which the opinion has just been handed down. It will therefore be unnecessary to repeat what was there said. The facts are practically the same and there is no essential difference in the application of the law. In the opinion of the learned court below in refusing the motion to take off the nonsuit, it was said:
“At the trial no attempt was made to prove any defect in the mains, regulator or meter, or to prove the negligent admission of a dangerous and unusual flow of gas…
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