Pickett v. Kyger

This is an appeal by plaintiff in a personal injury suit from a judgment entered against her upon a directed verdict in the district court of Yellowstone County. The case is a survivorship action by the administratrix of a decedent’s estate against a natural gas utility company based upon the latter’s alleged negligence in causing a gas explosion resulting in personal injuries to decedent.

The suit as tried in the district court consisted of two claims consolidated for trial, one being this survivorship claim and the other being a wrongful death claim. There were two de fendants in the case,…