Shaw v. Protane Corp.

SCHOONMAKER, District Judge.

This is an action in trespass by Clara G. Shaw against the Protane Corporation, in which the plaintiff is seeking to recover damages resulting from an explosion which occurred in her home in Erie county, Pa., resulting in the death of her husband and the damaging of the dwelling. The real estate was held by the plaintiff and her deceased husband as an estate in entirety.

The defendant has filed an affidavit of defense raising questions of law, under the Pennsylvania Practice Act of 1915 (12 PS § 382 et seq.), the general tenor of which is that the statement does not…