Diehle v. United Gas Improvement Co.

Citations

• 225 Pa. 494
• 74 A. 349
• 1909 Pa. LEXIS 689

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Gas company — Explosion of gas — Evidence.</p> <p>Where a gas company employs a watchman to patrol a street which is being excavated for a public improvement and to report immediately to the company as to any escape of gas, and such watchman is notified by several persons of the odor of escaping gas at a particular point, but makes no report to the company, and nine hours after he was first notified an explosion occurs resulting in personal injuries to a workman employed by the contractor for the improvement, the gas company will be liable in damages for the injuries sustained by the workman.</p>