FORD v. UNITED GAS CORPORATION

No. 16877.

254 F.2d 817 (1958)

Howard C. FORD and Lorraine H. Ford, Appellants, v. UNITED GAS CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 11, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron L. Ford, Jackson, Miss., for appellants.

James McClure, Sr., Sardis, Miss., William H. Maynard, Clarksdale, Miss., McClure & McClure, Sardis, Miss., Maynard, FitzGerald & Maynard, Clarksdale, Miss., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and TUTTLE and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Asserting diversity jurisdiction and alleging that a fire had occurred in their store building as a result of defendant's negligent installation therein of a gas burning appliance, plaintiffs brought this suit to recover as damages, $59,808.32 and interest thereon.

The defendant, admitting diversity jurisdiction and that it made the contract for installation attached to the complaint, denied that it was negligent or in any way liable...

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