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STEWART v. WORCESTER GAS LIGHT CO.

341 Mass. 425 (1960)

170 N.E.2d 330

HAROLD E. STEWART & another vs. WORCESTER GAS LIGHT COMPANY (and two companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

November 16, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew R. McCann, for Worcester Gas Light Company.

Baron H. Crowell, (Arnold W. Olsson with him,) for the plaintiffs Stewart.

Fred L. Williams, & Sidney S. von Loesecke, for the plaintiff McCabe, submitted a brief.

Philip J. MacCarthy, for the plaintiff Carenzo and the defendant Boylston Contractors, Inc., submitted briefs.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WILLIAMS, WHITTEMORE, & CUTTER, JJ.

CUTTER, J.

These actions arise from a gas explosion on March 5, 1957, which destroyed Mr. and Mrs. Stewart's house in West Boylston and injured Mrs. McCabe and Anthony Carenzo, an employee of Boylston Contractors, Inc. (Boylston). Boylston had made a contract with Stewart to dig a leaching pit on Stewart's front lawn. During the work a power hoe tore apart a gas company service line about two feet below the surface of the lawn. Gas escaped into the house and later...

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