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KEITH v. UNITED CITIES GAS COMPANY

No. 29.

146 S.E.2d 7 (1966)

266 N.C. 119

Theresa McDuffie KEITH v. UNITED CITIES GAS COMPANY, a Corporation, and Duke Power Company, a Corporation.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 14, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prince, Jackson, Youngblood & Massagee, Hendersonville, for defendant appellant United Cities Gas Co.

William I. Ward, Jr., Charlotte, Whitmire & Whitmire, Hendersonville, Carl Horn, Jr., and Harold D. Coley, Jr., Charlotte, for defendant appellant Duke Power Co.

Redden, Redden & Redden, Hendersonville, for plaintiff appellee.

LAKE, Justice.

The Appeal of the Gas Company

In Graham v. North Carolina Butane Gas Company, 231 N.C. 680, 684, 58 S.E.2d 757, 17 A.L.R.2d 881, this Court, speaking through Ervin, J., said: "It is a scientific fact `that gas ordinarily used for fuel is so inflammable that the moment a flame is applied it will immediately ignite with an instant explosion, if it is present in any considerable...

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