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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

William Murgatroyd, Respondent, v. The Town of Hempstead Gas and Electric Light Company, Appellant. Annie Murgatroyd, Respondent, v. The Town of Hempstead Gas and Electric Light Company, Appellant.
   The motion for a reargument in these cases is based upon suppositions which have no foundation in fact. The record and briefs* with-the cases cited,were carefully examined and considered. The evidence showed that gas manufactured by the defendant leaked into the plaintiffs’ apartments from a meter put into a neighbor’s premises by one of the defendant’s collectors. We were of the opinion that the fact that the company had placed it in the collector’s power to connect-a meter with their service was some evi-' dence of his authority to do what he did, notwithstanding his denial that he had any such authority; .and that hence the question whether he acted within the scope of his employment was properly left to the jury by Mr. Justice Gaynor. Motion for reargument denied.