Carlisle ex rel. Carlisle v. Union Public Service Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This was an action for personal injuries due to an explosion of natural gas. Judgment was for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.

Defendant is engaged in the business of distributing natural gas for domestic consumption at Jewell City, Kan. The gas is transported across the country under a pressure of from 180 pounds to 230 pounds to the square inch. The distributing company, which is the defendant here, reduces the pressure at the city gates to about 5 pounds to the square inch. Before the gas is piped into the various devices about the city it is…