Bartlett v. Boston Gas Light Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for injuries to the plaintiff’s reversionary interest and estate in a house on Columbus Avenue, Boston, caused by an explosion of gas.
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Tort for injuries to the plaintiff’s reversionary interest and estate in a house on Columbus Avenue, Boston, caused by an explosion of gas. After the former decision, reported 117 Mass. 533, the case was tried in the Superior Court, before Rockwell, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, the material parts of which were as follows : At the time of the accident, on a cold night in November, 1873, the house was occupied by Isaac Greensfelder as a tenant under a written lease from the plaintiff. In consequence of a leak in the street pipe, of which the defendant had notice, the gas worked through…
1Opinion of the CourtColt, J.
The injury to the plaintiff’s house was caused by an explosion of gas ignited therein by his tenant, Greensfelder. It was contended that the defendant was guilty of negligence in permitting a leak to occur in its main pipe in the street in front of the house, or in not taking proper steps to remedy the difficulty.
The defendant offered the record of a judgment in its favor in an action brought by Greensfelder to recover for injuries to his person and property by the same explosion, and contended that it was a bar to this action. The court ruled otherwise and excluded the evidence. This ruling…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bartlett v. Boston Gas Light Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
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