Prudential Fire Insurance v. United Gas Corp.

This is a suit filed by Prudential Fire Insurance Company as assignee of a damage claim of the owner of a building insured against gas explosion. The defendant is United Gas Corpporation. The trial court judgment, predicated on jury findings,- was in favor of the gas company. The Court of Civil Appeals aifirmed the judgment on the ground that the trial court could have instructed a verdict for the gas company instead of submitting the cause on special issues. 191 S. W. (2d) 517.

The building in which the explosion occurred (January 18, 1944) is a business building in Quanah, Texas, owned by…