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HOWARD v. UNITED FUEL GAS COMPANY

No. 846.

248 F.Supp. 527 (1965)

Robert E. HOWARD, Maxine Howard and Robert Douglas Howard, an infant, who sues by Robert E. Howard, his father and next friend, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED FUEL GAS COMPANY, a corporation, Amere Gas Utilities Company, a corporation, Bernard T. Johnson and Eva Susan Johnson, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. West Virginia, Bluefield Division.

December 9, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wade H. Ballard, III, Peterstown, W. Va., Fred O. Blue, Kwass, Stone & Blue, Bluefield, W. Va., on brief, for plaintiffs.

H. L. Snyder, W. Hale Watkins, Charleston, W. Va., for defendants United Fuel Gas Co. and Amere Gas Utilities Co.

John L. Detch, Lewisburg, W. Va., for defendants Bernard T. & Eva Susan Johnson.

CHRISTIE, District Judge:

This being a diversity action, jurisdiction is bestowed on this court by 28 U.S. C.A. § 1332. Plaintiffs in their complaint seek to recover for personal injury and property damages against the defendants resulting from a gas explosion at their home on February 23, 1963. The gas line was in the home when plaintiffs, Robert E. and Maxine Howard, acquired it by purchase in 1955. It appears to have been installed for a previous owner, defendants...

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