Crandall v. Boutell
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $2,500 for personal injuries caused by escaping coal gas, resulting from the alleged negligence of defendant’s servants in the erection of a coal stove. ■The case was tried before Brooks, J., who granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the action, upon the conclusion of plaintiff’s testimony. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
JAGGARD, J.. • The complaint in this case alleges that the plaintiff and her husband bought a coal stove of the defendants, who agreed to put up the stove, and connect the same with the chimney in the house by and with an ordinary stovepipe; that while the defendants were setting up the stove they discovered that the part of said chimney where the pipe was to be connected was stuffed full of brick, mortar, and other refuse matter, and that no draft could be had through any pipe *115that might be put into said chimney while the same was in this condition ; that the defendants notified the…
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