Montrief & Montrief v. Bragg

Henry Bragg recovered a judgment against the Fort Worth Gas Company and the plaintiffs in error on account of damages sustained by him on November 15, 1924, as a result of an explosion of natural gas in the basement of the Ritz Theater building in the city of Fort Worth. ■

It appears that plaintiffs in error were engaged in converting a coal burner heating I>lant into a gas burner heating plant in said theater building, and had left an open pipe extending into the basement through which gas escaped and came in contact with an open fire, resulting in an explosion inflicting the injuries for…