Heh v. Consolidated Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 138, Oct. T., 1901, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Aug. T., 1899, No. 282, on verdict for defendant in case of Raymond Heb v. The Consolidated Gas Company. Trespass to recover damages to property caused by the explosion of gas. Before Kennedy-, P. J. The circumstances of the accident are fully detailed in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court gave binding instructions for defendant. Verdict and judgment for defendant.
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Appeal, No. 138, Oct. T., 1901, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Aug. T., 1899, No. 282, on verdict for defendant in case of Raymond Heb v. The Consolidated Gas Company. Trespass to recover damages to property caused by the explosion of gas. Before Kennedy-, P. J. The circumstances of the accident are fully detailed in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court gave binding instructions for defendant. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Error assigned was in giving binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
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Mb. Justice Potteb,
The plaintiff in this case was the owner of a brick dwelling house, situated on Wylie avenue, Pittsburg. The defendant company conveys gas along that street through two four-inch mains. The one upon the south side of the street, and nearest to plaintiff’s property, is about eleven feet from the cellar wall, and about three feet underground. The evidence indicates that the soil in that vicinity is soft and shaly. The plaintiff does not use gas in his house, nor was it piped for that purpose, but a short pipe extended from the main through the front wall of the…
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