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WEBB v. STANDARD OIL CO.

Docket No. Sac. 6821.

49 Cal.2d 509 (1957)

319 P.2d 621

WALTER WEBB et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation) et al., Appellants; HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Cross-Complainants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 27, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cooney & Littlejohn, Devlin, Diepenbrock & Wulff, J.J. Diepenbrock and Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro for Appellants.

Stanley J. Gale and Richard Patton for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Augustus Castro, Cooley, Crowley, Gaither, Godward, Castro & Huddleson and Nicholas Zoller for Cross-Complainants and Respondents.

GIBSON, C.J.

Mr. and Mrs. Webb brought this action to recover for damages sustained when their house was destroyed by a fire allegedly caused by the negligence of defendant Standard Oil Company and its agent, Floyd Wimberly, in installing propane gas cylinders. Two insurance companies, each of which had paid plaintiffs $5,000 in accordance with the terms of fire insurance policies upon the real property destroyed, were joined as parties defendant, and they cross-complained...

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