Legal Opinion
Stewart v. Worcester Gas Light Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 16, 1960PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutteb, J.
These actions arise from a gas explosion on March 5, 1957, which destroyed Mr. and Mrs. Stewart’s house in West Boylston and injured Mrs. McCabe and Anthony Carenzo, an employee of Boylston Contractors, Inc. (Boylston). Boylston had made a contract with Stewart to dig a leaching pit on Stewart’s front lawn. During the work a power hoe tore apart a gas company service line about two feet below the surface of the lawn. Gas escaped into the house and later exploded there, while Carenzo was digging a trench in the lawn and Mrs. McCabe was sitting in an automobile in a driveway abutting the…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Sevigny's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
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