Public Service Co. of Indiana, Inc. v. Dalbey

This action was by appellee against appellant to recover for injuries received from an explosion of natural gas.

■ The complaint alleges negligence on the part of appellant in the installation and maintenance of gas lines as being the cause of the gas escaping into the basement of appellee’s house.

The appellee on November 8, 1944, lived on highway No. 37 about one mile southwest of Martinsville, Indiana. The appellant’s high pressure six inch main is along the north side of said highway on the same side of the highway as the appellee’s house. Natural gas accumulated under appellee’s house, and…