E. L. Chester Co. v. Wisconsin Power & Light Co.

The following opinion was filed April 11, 1933, following an order for a reargument upon certain stated questions:

Owen, J.

On the morning of December 5, 1930, a gas main located on the south side of Grand avenue, just outside the sidewalk curb, in the city of Beloit, sprang a leak. This was discovered at about 4:45 a. m. A policeman patroling the beat noticed no gas at that point at 4 o’clock. At about 6 :04 a. m. there was a terrific explosion in a store known as the Anderson jewelry store, located immediately across the sidewalk from the point of the leak. The store was wrecked, the front…