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KAUFMANN v. GRIFFITH-CONSUMERS COMPANY

No. 6952.

222 F.2d 450 (1955)

Cecil D. KAUFMANN and Isabelle G. Kaufmann, in their own right and to the use and benefit of Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company, et al., Appellants, v. GRIFFITH-CONSUMERS COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 13, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Armistead L. Boothe, Alexandria, Va. (Boothe, Dudley, Koontz & Boothe, Alexandria, Va., Albert F. Beasley, Washington, D. C., Simon Hirshman, Washington, D. C., and Henry B. Crockett, Alexandria, Va., on brief), for appellants.

Edmund D. Campbell, Washington, D. C., and Frank L. Ball, Arlington, Va., for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought by the owners of a large apartment house in Alexandria, Virginia, against a corporation which had contracted to convert the heating and hot water system of the building from coal to oil. Before the contractor's work was completed one of the three boilers, which formed part of the system, exploded shattering adjacent structures and causing personal injuries and property damage to tenants and other persons. Thirteen suits...

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