Blassingame v. Lone Star Gas Co.

BOND, Chief Justice.

This suit is for damages resulting from a gas explosion. The appellants, Mary Edna Landers (joined by her husband Buford Thomas Blassingame, whom she wedded since the institution of this suit) and Alice Veal, joined herein by her husband James Veal, will hereinafter be designated as plaintiffs; and Lone Star Gas Company, a corporation, as the defendant.

The house in which the explosion occurred, all household and kitchen furniture, and wearing apparel owned by Mrs. Blas-singame, were destroyed by fire, and Mrs. Veal was severely burned as a result of such explosion. The…