Nomath Hotel Co. v. Kansas City Gas Co.

— This spit was instituted in the Circuit Court of Jackson County by the plaintiff against the defendant to recover $12,500 damages sustained, caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant in permitting natural gas to escape from its pipes and into the basement of plaintiff’s premises, which contained a restaurant known as the Pennant Cafe, which, in the transactions of the ordinary business of the cafe in the ordinary way, exploded and caused the damages sued for.

The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for the defendant, and a motion for a new trial having been filed the court…