August Berger v. Minneapolis Gaslight Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Twelve actions 2 in the district court for Hennepin county. The complaints were substantially identical in all the cases.
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Twelve actions 2 in the district court for Hennepin county. The complaints were substantially identical in all the cases. They alleged that prior to January 1, 1893, defendant, in the manufacture of gas on its premises, negligently excavated a deep hole, •negligently caused to be made therein a reservoir, and, without taking due precautions, placed therein, continued to keep there, and ever since the date mentioned negligently suffered to escape therefrom and to percolate through the ground to plaintiffs’ premises, large quantities of crude petroleum. At the trial the evidence showed that…
1Opinion of the CourtStaet, C. J.
The respondent August Berger and the 11 other respondents above named severally commenced an action in the district court of Hennepin county against the appellant, Minneapolis Gaslight Company, to recover damages sustained by each of them on account of crude petroleum stored by appellant on its own premises, which, as they claim, escaped from the tank in which it was placed, and came upon the premises occupied by them respectively, saturating the ground, and percolating into their wells and cellars. The 12 causes were tried by the court and the jury together, resulting in a verdict for the…
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- Bray v. DohenySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
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