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BENFORD v. BERKELEY HEATING CO.

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258 S.C. 357 (1972)

188 S.E.2d 841

Marvin R. BENFORD, Respondent, v. BERKELEY HEATING CO., and the Trane Company, of which The Trane Company is, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

May 11, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Charles H. Gibbs, and Thomas G. Buist, of Sinkler, Gibbs, Simons & Guerard, P.A., Charleston, for Appellant.

Messrs. Augustine T. Smythe, of Buist, Moore, Smythe & McGee, Charleston, and Thomas O. Berry, Jr., of Parler, Berry & Prettyman, Georgetown, for Respondent.

May 11, 1972.

BRAILSFORD, Justice:

Marvin Benford brought this action against Berkeley Heating Company and The Trane Company for the near-total loss of his new home in a fire caused by the gas furnace. The jury absolved Berkeley Heating, which sold and installed their furnace, but returned a verdict against Trane, the manufacturer.1 Trane appeals...

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