Legal Opinion

Community Natural Gas Co. v. Lane

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided October 25, 1939No. 8245PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McClendon, chief justice.

This is a gas explosion case. This court held as a matter of law that there was no duty on the part of the Gas Company to inspect the piping inside the building at the time it turned the gas into the system supplying the south apartment, reversed the trial court’s judgment and rendered judgment for the Gas Company. Tex.Civ.App., 97 S.W.2d 703. Our judgment was reversed by the Supreme Court upon the holding that the Gas Company was not absolved as a matter of law from making such inspection, and the cause was remanded to this court to pass upon other assignments of…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. ConleyTexas Supreme Court · 1924
  2. Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. ConleyTexas Supreme Court · 1924
  3. San Antonio & A. P. Ry. Co. v. BehneTexas Commission of Appeals · 1921
  4. Schmeer v. . Gas Light Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1895
  5. Lawther Grain Co. v. WinnifordTexas Commission of Appeals · 1923

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Wentling v. Medical Anesthesia ServicesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1985
  2. Chesshir v. NallCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1949
  3. Dallas Railway & Terminal Co. v. BishopCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1947
  4. Bratt v. Western Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1948
  5. Hyde v. MarksCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1940

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