Pact Gas Co. v. Baker

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, sued defendant, a public utility company engaged in selling and delivering natural gas in Perkins, Okla., to recover damages for the loss of their residence and personal property from a gas explosion, alleged to have resulted from defendant’s negligence.

The petition alleged defendant’s corporate existence as a public utility operating under a franchise from the town of Perkins, and the use of old, leaky pipes as part of its distribution system; that a part of this system was a two-inch main located in the public street adjacent to plaintiffs’ property.

Further,…