Pettit v. Nelson

Lohing, Justice.

These cases come here on appeals from orders denying the plaintiffs’ motions for new trial after verdicts for defendants.

The plaintiff Esther Pettit sought recovery for injuries suffered by her due to the alleged negligence of the defendants in repairing a refrigerator and permitting a dangerous gas to escape into the apartment occupied by the plaintiffs. The plaintiff Frank Pettit sought recovery for consequential damages as the husband of Esther.

The plaintiffs occupied an apartment in an apartment house in Minneapolis in which was installed a central refrigerating system…