Mischnick ex rel. Mischnick v. Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co.

Paine, j.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by a five-year-old boy by reason of a fire or explosion, alleged to havé been caused by a defective gas meter and connecting pipes. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, the trial judge sustained a motion to direct a verdict for the defendant, and plaintiff appealed.

Among the facts disclosed by the pleadings and the evidence are: That the family of the plaintiff lived in a two-story, six-room, stucco house, under which there was a full basement with a cement floor. The house was heated by a hot air furnace, using coal…