Spruell v. Georgia Automatic Gas Appliance Co.

The question for determination is whether the evidence raised an issue as to the defendant’s alleged negligence which should have been submitted to the' jury. Therefore, the relevant evidence has been set out at length.

There are no conflicts on any material points between the direct evidence of the plaintiff and that of the defendant. This evidence showed that a butane gas system serving appliances in the plaintiff’s house was installed by the defendant in September, 1949; that butane gas combined with air in certain proportions is explosive; and that, nine months after the installation, an…