HEMROCK v. PEOPLES NAT. GAS CO.


423 Pa. 259 (1966)

Hemrock v. Peoples Natural Gas Company, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 15, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton W. Lamproplos, with him Eckert, Seamans & Cherin, for company, appellant.

William C. Walker, with him Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, for appellant.

John E. Evans, Jr., with him Evans, Ivory & Evans, for appellees.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, November 15, 1966:

On December 6, 1959, Samuel Hemrock and his wife Helen Hemrock, after an absence of several days from their abode, having attended a funeral outside the State, re-entered their home at 21 Virginia Drive in Lincoln Borough at about 3 p.m. They saw nor heard anything which would warn them of any onrushing danger, but, in a matter of minutes after they had crossed the threshold, their house rocked to an explosion which...

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