Buldra v. Henin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries caused by an explosion of gas in an apartment which the defendant had let orally- to the plaintiff, the plaintiff alleging that the explosion was caused by gas which had escaped by reason of the negligence, described in the opinion, of a plumber engaged by the defendant.
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Tort for personal injuries caused by an explosion of gas in an apartment which the defendant had let orally- to the plaintiff, the plaintiff alleging that the explosion was caused by gas which had escaped by reason of the negligence, described in the opinion, of a plumber engaged by the defendant. Writ dated March 3,1910. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Sanderson, J. There was evidence that, being informed by an employee of the gas company that caps were needed upon certain pipes where gas fixtures had not been installed, the plaintiff went to the office of-Dr. Henin, the…
1Opinion of the CourtDeCourcy, J.
When the plaintiff moved into the defendant’s new house there were openings in the gas pipes through which the gas, when turned on at the meter, would escape into the rooms. A plumber was engaged to put caps upon these openings, and his workman negligently left one of them unclosed, in consequence of which occurred the explosion that injured the plaintiff. Under the special answer of the jury it must be taken as established that the order to the plumber came from Dr. Henin, whose general agency for the defendant was admitted; consequently the tenth and eleventh requests relating to the agency…
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