D'Angelo Estate v. Armor Co.

Opinion by

Flood, J.,

The defendant appeals from an order of the County-Court of Allegheny County, dismissing exceptions to a judgment in the sum of $850 entered for the plaintiff following trial without jury.

The action was in assumpsit, based upon the alleged negligence of the defendant, which installed a gas heater in the plaintiff’s premises, in connecting the exhaust pipe from the heater to a chimney which was wholly or partially blocked. According to the plaintiff, exhaust fumes from the heater seeped through the blocked chimney and condensed on the walls and ceiling causing general…