Keats v. Gas Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 67, Jan. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., Oct. T., 1902, No. 889, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Martha Keats v. Gas Company of Luzerne County. Trespass to recover damages for injuries to real estate. Before Lynch, P. J. At the trial it appeared that on December, 1901, plaintiff’s property was flooded during an extraordinary flood, and injuries sustained for which this suit was brought.
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Appeal, No. 67, Jan. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., Oct. T., 1902, No. 889, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Martha Keats v. Gas Company of Luzerne County. Trespass to recover damages for injuries to real estate. Before Lynch, P. J. At the trial it appeared that on December, 1901, plaintiff’s property was flooded during an extraordinary flood, and injuries sustained for which this suit was brought. The plaintiff claimed that the injuries were due to the blocking up of a stream by the gas pipe of defendant company. When H. B. Emory was on the stand, he was asked…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beavee, J.,
The plaintiff brought her action of trespass against the defendant to recover for damagesto her dwelling house and lot occasioned, as she alleged, by the overflow of a stream across which a dam was formed by the debris carried down the stream against the gas pipe of the defendant which crossed the stream beneath a bridge which spanned it.
The situation is graphically described by a witness of the plaintiff who said, in answer to queries : “ Q. What did you see ? A. I saw an old tree stuck in there against the pipe and against them braces, and a lot of old doors from the…
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