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GAS SERVICE CO. v. PAYTON

No. 13986.

180 F.2d 505 (1950)

GAS SERVICE CO. v. PAYTON.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit

March 3, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Miller, Kansas City, Mo. for appellant.

Hale Houts, Kansas City, Mo. (J. D. James, O. L. Houts, Hogsett, Trippe, Depping, Houts & James, Kansas City, Mo., on the brief) for appellee.

Before GARDNER, Chief Judge, and WOODROUGH and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for damages in the sum of $2,000 awarded to Anne Payton, appellee, for personal injuries sustained by her from an explosion and fire in a dwelling house in Kansas City, Missouri, caused by the igniting of escaping natural gas due to the alleged negligence of the appellant, The Gas Service Company and its employee, Harold Hughes. The suit was brought in a Missouri state

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