Strohmaier v. Wisconsin Gas & Electric Co

The plaintiffs claim: (1) That the defendant Gas Company was negligent in not having a man on the job or within ready call while the work of digging the trenches was progressing to turn off the gas in case of the breaking of service pipes by the contractor, especially in view of the frequency with which the contractor had theretofore severed service pipes; (2) that the court erroneously rejected evidence offered by the plaintiffs of the previous breaking of service pipes by the contractor; and (3) that the contractor was negligent in severing the service pipe connected with the Strohmaier…