Hodge Drive It Yourself Inc. v. Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co.

OPINION

By McNAMEE, J:

The plaintiff, Hodge Drive It Yourself, Inc., seeks a reversal of a judgment entered in the Common Pleas Court of Hamilton County upon a verdict of the jury in favor of defendant, The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company.

This action arose out of an explosion which occurred on July 15, 1942, at about 11:25 P. M., in a building located at 511 Sycamore Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, which was occupied exclusively by the plaintiff as Lessee. The building was three stories in height and of reinforced concrete 'construction. The explosion was of such tremendous force that it drove the…