Chartiers V. Gas Co. v. Lynch
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 246 October Term 1886, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 608 September Term 1886, C. P. In the court below an action in case for negligence was instituted by Ann Lynch against the Chartiers Valley Gas Company and the Philadelphia company, to recover damages for injuries received from an explosion of natural gas.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 246 October Term 1886, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 608 September Term 1886, C. P. In the court below an action in case for negligence was instituted by Ann Lynch against the Chartiers Valley Gas Company and the Philadelphia company, to recover damages for injuries received from an explosion of natural gas. At the trial on May 11, 1887, the facts appeared: The Chartiers Valley Gas Company, a corporation organized under the act of May 29, 1885, P. L. 29, on May 4, 1886, entered into a written contract with Martin Joyce to lay down…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Sterrett :
In view of the clearly established contract relation existing between the Chartiers gas company and Martin Joyce, the contractor, the learned president of the Common Pleas was clearly right in his conclusion that the company “ could not be held liable for any damages, directly arising from the negligence or misconduct of the contractor, during the time he had charge of the work and while it was under his exclusive control.”
In my judgment, it is to be regretted that corporations, such as plaintiff in error, invested with the right of appropriating private property…
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