WEBSTER v. KANSAS POWER & LIGHT CO.

No. 40,785

182 Kan. 626 (1958)

323 P.2d 643

W.G. WEBSTER, Appellant, v. THE KANSAS POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY and W.O. HOMER, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 7, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur S. Humphrey, of Junction City, argued the cause and Kenneth V. Moses, of Marysville, was with him on the briefs for the appellant.

Robert E. Russell, of Topeka, and C.L. Hoover, of Junction City, argued the cause and Clayton E. Kline, M.F. Cosgrove, Willard N. Van Slyck, Jr., William B. McElhenny, Russell Stites, all of Topeka, Charles I. Platt, Phillip L. Harris, and Robert A. Schermerhorn, of Junction City, were with them on the briefs for the appellees.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

HALL, J.:

This is an appeal from the order of the trial court sustaining the separate demurrers of the defendants to the plaintiff's evidence.

The plaintiff W.G. Webster filed suit against the Kansas Power and Light Company and W.O. Homer to recover damages as the result of a gas explosion. In his petition the plaintiff alleged that he owned two frame duplex apartment houses in Junction City; that a gas main...

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