Helm v. Manufacturers Light & Heat Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Brooke County-. Action by Florence Helm and others against the Manufacturers Light & Heat Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, JUDGE :
The judgment for $3,500.00 under review on this writ of error was recovered in an action for damages for a personal injury, alleged to have been caused by the negligence.of the defendant, a corporation supplying natural gas for light and fuel, in respect of its gas mains, pipes and meter. A wife sues for the injury, her husband joining her in the action. The specific assignments of error challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the' verdict and the correctness of a certain instruction given at the ' instance of the plaintiffs.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Canfield v. West Virginia Central Gas Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1917
- Moore v. Heat & Light Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
- Jacobs v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1911
3Cited by13 opinions
- Clare v. Bond County Gas Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1934
- Laurent v. United Fuel Gas Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1926
- Sutcliffe v. Fort Dodge Gas & Electric Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1934
- Burk v. Huntington Development & Gas Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1950
- Lewis v. VERMONT GAS CORPORATIONSupreme Court of Vermont · 1959
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