Groff v. Charleston-Dunbar Natural Gas Co.

Hatcher, Judge:

Plaintiff: was severely injured on March 26, 1929, by a gas explosion within his father’s home. The gas was furnished by the defendant. The plaintiff sued to recover damages, and the 'jury found in favor of the defendant.

The Groff house is on a lot in the Kanawha Terrace Addition. It is across the public road from a gas main of the defendant. In 1923, the owners of the addition were given permission by defendant to tap this main in order that gas might be brought to consumers within the addition. They constructed a line as follows: A two-inch pipe runs from the main under the…