Legal Opinion

Christie v. Gas Service Company

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided May 8, 1961No. 48121PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOUSER, Commissioner.

Action for property damages brought by the owners of a filling station against a supplier of natural gas, charging negligence in the installation of gas supply facilities and failure to discover and repair a gas leak, resulting in two fires and an explosion. Bradley and Stella Christie, the property owners, sued the supplier, Gas Service Company, joining Land Construction Company as co-defendant on the theory that Land negligently caused its excavating machinery to unearth and break an underground gas pipe located in the filling station driveway, thereby causing the fires…

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Stephens v. Kansas City Gas CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1946
  2. Hardwick v. Kansas City Gas Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1946
  3. Golden v. National Utilities Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1947
  4. Sipple ex rel. Sipple v. Laclede Gaslight Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1907
  5. Hanson v. City Light & Traction Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1944

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Kahn v. PrahlSupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
  2. Bearden v. Countryside Casualty CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1961
  3. Grissom v. HandleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1966
  4. Fields v. Missouri Power and Light CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1963
  5. Beste v. TadlockMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978

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