Murphy v. Petrolane-Wyoming Gas Service

On March 4, 1966, the Gillette drugstore of plaintiff-Murphy was destroyed by fire, occasioned when he attempted to light a water heater in the basement. He and his two insurers sued Petrolane-Wyoming Gas Service, distributor, and McCulloch Gas Transmission Company, the one furnishing gas to the distributor, for $115,000 damages,1 alleging, inter alia, express and implied warranty and negligence in (a) allowing casinghead gasoline to enter the supply line thereby causing the fire and (b) failing to warn Murphy that lique-fiable hydrocarbons had condensed into casinghead gasoline and to give…