SUBURBAN PROPANE GAS CORPORATION v. PAPEN


245 A.2d 795 (1968)

SUBURBAN PROPANE GAS CORPORATION, a corporation of the State of New Jersey, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. George F. PAPEN, Howard W. Papen, and John H. Papen, trading as Papen Bros., a partnership, Plaintiffs Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Reargument Denied September 20, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. McKinstry, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for defendant, below, appellant.

Harold S. Schmittinger, of Schmittinger & Rodriguez, Dover, for plaintiffs below, appellees.

WOLCOTT, C. J., and CAREY and HERRMANN, JJ., sitting.


CAREY, Justice:

The defendant below, appellant, Suburban Propane Gas Corporation (Surburban), has appealed from a judgment of the Superior Court in favor of the partnership of George F. Papen, Howard W. Papen, and John H. Papen, t/a Papen Bros. (Papen), appellee. Jury trial was waived. The appellee was awarded damages resulting from the partial destruction of a building by an explosion of gas and a resulting fire. The loss...

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