Maton Bros. v. Central Illinois Public Service Co.

Matón Bros., Inc., plaintiff, sued the Central Illinois Public Service Company, a corporation, defendant, in the city court of the city of Pana to recover damages claimed to have been caused the plaintiff by the retarded production of roses and injury to rose plants resulting from the alleged escape of manufactured gas from the defendant’s gas main into certain of the plaintiff’s greenhouse buildings during the twenty-six months’ period from October 3, 1927, to December 4, 1929. The plaintiff recovered a judgment for $89,320.16, which judgment was affirmed by the Appellate Court for the Third…