Rexroad v. Kansas Power & Light Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is a negligence action arising out of a fire started when the plaintiffs’ bulldozer severed a high pressure gas transmission line connection of the Kansas Power and Light Company (defendant-appellant-cross appellee) while doing certain street improvement work in the city of Assaria, Kansas. The bulldozer was a total loss as a result of the fire and a nearby house and its contents were consumed. Plaintiffs seek to recover for the bulldozer and for amounts which they were adjudged liable to pay in connection with the loss of the house…