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METZ v. CENTRAL ILLINOIS ELEC. & GAS CO.

Gen. No. 11,864.

50 Ill. App.2d 78 (1964)

199 N.E.2d 454

Robert Metz and Stella Metz, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Central Illinois Electric and Gas Company, an Illinois Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

June 15, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hyer, Gill & Brown, of Rockford, for appellant.

Berry & Simmons, of Rockford (Bernard F. Healy, Jr., of counsel), for appellees.

MORAN, J.

This is a property damage case arising out of a gas explosion which destroyed the plaintiffs' home. The case was tried before a jury, and the defendant appeals from a judgment on the verdict of $14,200.

In 1948, the defendant, Central Illinois Electric and Gas Company, laid a natural gas main in front of the house at 701 Loves Park Drive, Loves Park, Illinois. The main was buried forty-six inches underground, in the parkway between the sidewalk and...

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