Sims v. Petaluma Gas Light Co.

The complaint in this case contains two counts. The first declares upon a contract in writing alleged to have been entered into between Harvey J. Lewelling and Stephen W. Van Syekel, partners in business under the name and style of Lewelling & Van Syekel, and the defendant gas company, August 20, 1896. It is alleged that by the terms of said contract Lewelling and Van Syekel agreed to build and erect certain water gas apparatus at the gas works of said defendant, in Petaluma, California, for the purpose of manufacturing gas from crude oil or distillate, by a process known as the Van Sickle…