Laurent v. United Fuel Gas Co.

Lively, Judge :

On a demurrer to the evidence the trial court held in favor of plaintiff below, Blanche Laurent; a jury assessed her damages at $1,700., and judgment thereon was rendered, from which defendant below, the Gas Company, prosecutes this writ.

Plaintiff, an employee in the millinery store of Laura Lewis, at No. 223 Hale Street, Charleston, was injured by a gas explosion about 9 o’clock A. M., Dec. 1, 1924. Her ankle was sprained and her nervous system shocked. The morning was cold. Plaintiff came to the store about 8:30 and lit the gas in the stove in the front part and also the gas…