Moore v. Heat & Light Co.

Brannon, Judge:

T. E. Moore’s house.was destroyed by fire and he sued the "West Virginia Heat & Light Company to recover damages for its loss. That company owned a natural gas well 5580 feet from Moore’s house, and a pipe conveying its gas ran within 150 yards of Moore’s house, .and from that pipe a smaller one conveyed gas to Moore’s house for his use in it. He used gas in two stoves. The company shut off the gas to connect with a pipe to convey the gas to Cairo, and then without notice turned on -the gas again, and, as Moore claims, this caused the fire. Upon the trial the defendant company…