Masters v. Central Illinois Electric & Gas Co.

This action for $60,000 was brought by the plaintiffs to recover damages occasioned by a gas explosion which demolished plaintiffs’ newly constructed dwelling house and contents. The plaintiffs allege that the gas explosion was proximately caused by the negligence of the defendants who are Central Illinois Electric & Gas Co., which installed the gas line, Frank Wojcik and A. F. Wojcik, partners, d/b/a Wojcik Construction Co., who are the contractors who built the house, A. Reyner Eastman, who is the architect who supervised the construction, and Aubrey J. Gregory and Hilmer T. Anderson,…