Hahn v. Southwestern Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; T. F. Bell; Judge. Action by Max Hahn against the Southwestern Gas Company. Judgment for. plaintiff, and defendant appeals, and plaintiff, answering the appeal, asks that the amount of the judgment be increased to the amount claimed -in his petition.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, C. J.
This is a suit for damages for personal injuries and loss of time and property sustained by plaintiff as the result of a gas explosion which he attributes to the negligence of the defendant. It appears that he was engaged in the fruit, produce, and chicken trade; that he lived at No. 718 Market street, Shreveport, in a house the rear portion of which, by reason of the falling away in that direction of the lot upon which it is built, is elevated some 8 or 10 feet above the surface; and that he kept his stock of chickens in the back yard, and in part under the house; that on the night of…
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