Bennett v. Kurland

Flannery, J.,

Plaintiff, a fire chief, brought this action in trespass to recover for injuries sustained in the course of his duties while he was answering a call at the home of defendants. The matter is before the court on defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings.

The complaint, in substance, alleges that on September 21, 1956, at about 9:15 p. m., plaintiff, Fire Chief of the Edwardsville Borough Volunteer Fire Department, received a message that gas was seeping into one of the apartments in the building owned by defendants. In response to that message and acting in his official…