Esso Standard Oil Co. v. Stewart

George N. Stewart and Elizabeth M. Stewart, husband and wife, obtained a verdict and judgment for $300 against Esso Standard Oil Company. It was awarded for damage caused to the furniture, walls and interior of their home on December 16, 1947, by an excessive and injurious accumulation of smoke from the hot water oil burner or furnace. They assert that this was occasioned by the negligence of defendant’s employees, who, on December 15, 1947, undertook to check and adjust the furnace to stop it from cutting off and on too frequently.

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