Daugherty v. Nebraska Natural Gas Company

This is an action based on negligence for damages for injury to and destruction of personal property by fire. Plaintiffs are husband and wife and sue as joint owners of the cause. Defendant is a distributor of natural gas in Lexington.

Issues were made and trial had to a jury resulting in a verdict for the plaintiffs. Defendant appeals.

We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

• Plaintiffs resided in a rented house. Chronologically, the events needing consideration which the jury could have found as true generally are as follows.

Defendant’s main is in the street in front of the property…