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PHELPS v. WOODWARD CON. CO.

Nos. 2395 and 2396

66 Wyo. 33 (1949)

204 P.2d 179

SAMUEL J. PHELPS and LEAH PHELPS, Plaintiffs and Respondents, vs. WOODWARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, a Wyoming Corporation, Defendant and Respondent, and NORTHERN UTILITIES COMPANY, a Wyoming Corporation, Defendant and Appellant. SAMUEL J. PHELPS and LEAH PHELPS, Plaintiffs and Appellants, vs. WOODWARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, a Wyoming Corporation, and NORTHERN UTILITIES COMPANY, a Wyoming Corporation, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wyoming

March 22, 1949

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the Plaintiffs, Respondents in Case No. 2395 and Appellants in Case No. 2396, the causes were submitted upon the brief of W.A. Muir and Glenn G. Stanton, both of Rock Springs, Wyoming, and oral argument by Mr. Stanton.

For the Defendant Woodward Construction Company, Respondent in both cases, the causes were submitted upon the brief and also oral argument of Albert E. Nelson of Rock Springs, Wyoming.

For the Defendant Northern Utilities Company, Appellant in Case No. 2395 and Respondent in Case No. 2396, the causes were submitted upon the brief of Edward E. Murane and Fred W. Layman, both of Casper, Wyoming, and oral argument of Mr. Murane.

OPINION

BLUME, Justice.

This action was brought by the plaintiffs, Samuel J. Phelps and Leah Phelps, against the defendants for damages in the sum of $10,500 on account of the wrongful destruction of their home in Rock Springs, Wyoming, by gas explosion. The court found in favor of the plaintiffs and against the Northern Utilities Company and rendered judgment against the latter for the sum of $8,395 and costs. That...

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