SEWARD v. NATURAL GAS CO. OF N.J.


11 N.J. Super. 144 (1950)

78 A.2d 129

FRANKLIN A. SEWARD AND HELEN SEWARD, HIS WIFE, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. NATURAL GAS COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 28, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William J. O'Hagen argued the cause for appellants (Messrs. Stout & O'Hagen, attorneys).

Mr. Samuel A. Larner argued the cause for respondent (Mr. Wilbur A. Stevens, attorney).

Before Judges McGEEHAN, JAYNE and WM. J. BRENNAN, JR.


The opinion of the court was delivered by WILLIAM J. BRENNAN, JR., J.A.D.

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment in favor of defendant entered in the Law Division, Monmouth County, upon a jury verdict of no cause for action.

The suit sought damages for Mrs. Seward, and consequentially for Dr. Seward, for personal injuries suffered by Mrs. Seward in a gas explosion in the cellar of their Shark River Hills summer home.

Dr. Seward on May 6, 1939, entered into...

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