Underwood v. Southern Cities Distributing Co.

DREW, Judge.

Plaintiffs instituted this suit claiming damages in the sum of $2,000 each, and for $1,000 additional for damages to their minor child, by the defendant company, through its failure to furnish natural gas to them. The case was tried below by a jury and plaintiffs’ demands rejected. The verdict was approved and the judgment signed by the lower court; from which judgment, plaintiffs have appealed.

The defendant, by a franchise granted it by the city of Shreveport, enjoys the privilege, as well'as the duty, of furnishing to the residents of the city of Shreveport natural gas. It is…