Smith v. Southern Counties Gas Co.

CAMPBELL, J., pro tem.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries arising by reason of an explosion in a manhole or pit in one of the public streets of Pomona.

Appellant, -Southern Counties Gas Company, was a public utility corporation supplying the residents of Pomona with gas at the time of the injury complained of and for some time prior thereto. The company about December 14, 1922, constructed a pit four feet by six feet and five feet deep at the intersection of Ninth and Reservoir Streets, and was using the public street by virtue of a franchise. The pit was built of concrete, and…