Legal Opinion
Reid v. . Westchester Lighting Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 13, 1923PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcLaughlin, J.
Action to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the lighting company in permitting the escape of illuminating gas. The intestate died on the 29th of March, 1920, at No. 12 Grand street, New Rochelle, N. Y., in a house owned by the defendant McNamara, where she had lived with her husband for about two years. The lighting company was engaged in the sale and distribution of illuminating gas and for that purpose had a pipe in the street from which gas was supplied to consumers. It formerly had a meter in the premises in question,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Schmeer v. . Gas Light Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Pernick v. Central Union Gas Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
- Pernick v. . Central Union Gas CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- King v. Consolidated Gas Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
3Cited by21 opinions
- Northwestern Ohio Natural Gas Co. v. First Congregational ChurchOhio Supreme Court · 1933
- Stewart v. Worcester Gas Light Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
- Manley v. New York Telephone Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1951
- Sutcliffe v. Fort Dodge Gas & Electric Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1934
- Swetland v. SwetlandNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1926
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