Legal Opinion
Central Arizona Light & Power Co. v. Bell
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided February 16, 1937No. Civil No. 3734PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcALISTER, C. J.
This is an appeal by the Central Arizona Light & Power Company from a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, Lulu E. Bell and Clarence H. Bell, her husband, for damages for injuries suffered by the former as a result of an explosion of gas in a cooking stove.
The second amended complaint on which the case was tried alleges that for many years prior to January 1, 1934, the defendant, pursuant to an exclusive franchise, had furnished the citizens of Phoenix, Arizona, artificial gas and that it decided some time before that date to change its service to natural gas. Before doing this, however, it…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Coy v. Indianapolis Gas Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1897
- Southwest Cotton Co. v. RyanArizona Supreme Court · 1921
- Hilson v. Pacific & Gas Electric Co.California Court of Appeal · 1933
- Little Rock Gas & Fuel Co. v. CoppedgeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
- Tietke v. ForrestCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1923
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3Cited by4 opinions
- McClure v. JohnsonArizona Supreme Court · 1937
- Richard L. Shafer and Joan H. Shafer, Husband and Wife v. The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- City of Albany v. BurtCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1953
- Noble v. National American Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1979