Hardwick v. Kansas City Gas Co.

The basement of the Grand Avenue Temple Building in Kansas City extends out underneath the Grand Avenue sidewalk. On the 17th day of November, 1939 there was a violent explosion in the basement of the building. Margaret Hardwick, the plaintiff's wife, was standing in front of the building, waiting for him, when the explosion blew up the sidewalk, causing her death. In this the second trial and appeal the husband recovered a judgment of $10,000.00 against the appellant Kansas City Gas Company.

The plaintiff claimed that the explosion and his wife's death were due to the concurrent negligence of…