Schoen v. Arkansas Valley Gas Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

Plaintiff recovered a judgment against the defendant in the sum of $8,240 for personal injuries sustained in a gas explosion, and for damage to the residence property occupied by the plaintiff as a homestead at the time of the explosion. The defendant appeals.

The evidence tended to show that the plaintiff and his wife lived on certain residence property in Arkansas City, the title to which property was in the wife; that the wife ordered a gas range for the kitchen in the house; that the defendant sent its workmen to install the range;…