Broome v. General Gas Corp.

Jordan, Judge.

It was the contention of the plaintiff that the butane gas which was improperly contained in the mixture supplied by the defendant condensed in the supply line of her gas system and that the explosion and fire occurred when a “slug” of this condensed butane gas entered one of the gas appliances, a hot water heater, which was connected to said supply line and came in contact with the flame in said appliance. The defendant gas company contended on the other hand that it had supplied the plaintiff with “commercially pure” propane gas which contained such an insignificant amount of…