Steele v. Peoples Natural Gas Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Horace Stern,

In this action plaintiffs seek redress for injuries sustained by them as the result of an explosion of gas which, they claim, was caused by the negligence of the defendants, Peoples Natural Gas Company and the City of Pittsburgh.

Plaintiffs all lived at 50 Crawford Street in Pittsburgh. The Gas Company maintained a curb box for the adjoining house at 48 Crawford Street which was located in the sidewalk and close to the divsion line between the two houses. The consumer’s gas service pipe for the house at No. 48 commenced at the curb box, ran into the…