Thrasher v. Amere Gas Utilities Co.

Haymond, President:

Upon the trial of this action of trespass on the case, instituted in the Circuit Court of Greenbrier County by the plaintiff, Bertha S. Thrasher, to recover from the defendant, Amere Gas Utilities Company, a public utility which supplies gas to residences and business establishments in the City of Ronceverte in that county, damages which resulted from the alleged negligent location and maintenance of a service pipe through and across a covered portion of the channel of a small stream known as Montgomery Branch in that city, which obstructed the channel and caused the water…