Soles v. People's Natural Gas Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 45, April T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Allegheny Co., Pirst Term, 1908, No. 957, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Margaret Soles v. The People’s Natural Gas Company. Trespass to recover damages for injuries to a house resulting from an explosion of gas. Before Carnahan,. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 45, April T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Allegheny Co., Pirst Term, 1908, No. 957, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Margaret Soles v. The People’s Natural Gas Company. Trespass to recover damages for injuries to a house resulting from an explosion of gas. Before Carnahan,. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $533. Defendant >pealed. .Error assigned among others was in refusing binding instructions for defendant. Nearly all of the cases in Pennsylvania, which have to do with gas explosions,…
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Opinion by
Head, J.,
The plaintiff brings this action to recover damages for the partial destruction of her building resulting from an explosion of natural gas. The building was arranged to accommodate two tenants. The plaintiff herself had formerly occupied one portion of it, but at the time of the explosion was residing in a separate dwelling erected on the same lot. The entire building first mentioned had been piped by the owner so that its occupants could use natural gas for fuel or light or both, and gas had been thus used by *87the occupants. Each side of the building was provided with a…
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