WILLIAMS v. CITY OF LONG BEACH

Docket No. L.A. 22888.

42 Cal.2d 716 (1954)

268 P.2d 1061

ARTHUR F. WILLIAMS et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF LONG BEACH, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 16, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Menzies, James O. White, Jr., and J. Merrill Lilley for Appellants.

Irving M. Smith, City Attorney (Long Beach), Alfred D. Williams and John R. Nimocks, Deputy City Attorneys, for Respondent.


GIBSON, C.J.

This action was brought to recover for damage caused by an explosion and fire alleged to have been the result of negligence on the part of defendant city in allowing gas to escape from one of its mains. The trial court, sitting without a jury, found in favor of the city, and plaintiffs have appealed from the judgment.

The city's gas main was located in an alley at the rear of property owned by plaintiffs husband and wife on which there was a building...

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