Evans v. Keystone Gas Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Cattaraugus county. Action by Richard N. Evans and Anna S. Evans against the Keystone Gas Company. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiffs, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial made on the minutes of the trial judge, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBradley, J.
The action was brought to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiffs in the injury to their premises situated on the east side of First street in the village of Olean by the negligence of the defendant, in that the defendant permitted its gas main laid on that street to leak, and thereby destroyed three shade trees of the plaintiffs on such premises, and standing near the street. The defendant, to supply the inhabitants of that village with gaslight and to light that street, had prior to 1886 introduced into it natural gas, and in that year, to increase the supply,…
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