Marshall Window Glass Co. v. Cameron Oil & Gas Co.

Miller, President:

In an action on the case, the plaintiff seeks to render liable the defendant for loss by fire of its factory, due to explosion of gas, the alleged result of negligence of defendant. On the trial, the motion to exclude the plaintiff’s evidence and direct a verdict for defendant prevailed; and it is to review the judgment of the circuit court on the verdict so-found that the case is brought here.

Gas was furnished by defendant, under written contract of August 1, 1903, by which it agreed, among other things, to supply plaintiff gas for one year thereafter at a stipulated price…