Stenger v. Hope Natural Gas Company

Lovins, President:

This action was brought by J. A. Stenger and his wife, Anna M. Stenger, in the Circuit Court of Monongalia County, against Hope Natural Gas Company for the recovery of damages resulting from an explosion and fire occurring in the residence of plaintiffs.

This Court, on a former writ of error, reversed a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, set aside the verdict and remanded the case for a new trial. Stenger v. Hope Natural Gas Co., 139 W. Va. 549, 80 S. E. 2d 889.

Many of the facts on this writ of error are substantially the same as shown in the record on the first writ of…