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LORENZ v. CASTE DEVELOPMENT CO.

368 Pa. 131 (1951)

Lorenz v. Caste Development Company, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 27, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde A. Armstrong, with him J. Roland Johnston and Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, for Light Company, defendant, appellant.

Harbaugh Miller, with him Samuel M. Jackson, for Development Company, defendant, appellant.

S.W. Pringle, with him Dalzell, McFall, Pringle & Bredin, for Gehr, defendant, appellee.

John E. Evans, Jr., with him Evans, Ivory & Evans, for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before DREW, C.J., STERN, JONES, BELL, LADNER and CHIDSEY, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE HORACE STERN, June 27, 1951:

On November 30, 1947 a violent explosion of gas occurred in a two story house in Overbrook Acres, Whitehall Borough, Allegheny County. Some of the plaintiffs suffered property damage, others personal injuries, and they brought suit against Manufacturers Light & Heat Company, a corporation which supplied the gas through its mains, and Caste Development Company, a corporation which had been the general contractor...

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