Williams v. City of Long Beach

This action was brought to recover for damage caused by an explosion and fire alleged to have been the result of negligence on the part of defendant city in allowing gas to escape from one of its mains. The trial court, sitting without a jury, found in favor of the city, and plaintiffs have appealed from the judgment.

The city’s gas main was located in an alley at the rear of property owned by plaintiffs husband and wife on which there was a building used partly for business purposes and partly as their home. An explosion occurred and the building caught fire in the early morning when the…