Case Name: John S. Reid, as Administrator, etc., of Mary Reid, Deceased, Respondent, v. Westchester Lighting Company, Appellant, Impleaded with John McNamara, Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1922-11
Citations: 204 A.D. 833
Docket Number: 
Parties: John S. Reid, as Administrator, etc., of Mary Reid, Deceased, Respondent, v. Westchester Lighting Company, Appellant, Impleaded with John McNamara, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 204
Pages: 833–834

Head Matter:
Second Department,
November, 1922.
John S. Reid, as Administrator, etc., of Mary Reid, Deceased, Respondent, v. Westchester Lighting Company, Appellant, Impleaded with John McNamara, Defendant.
Gas and electricity — negligence — action to recover for death caused by illuminating gas escaping into dwelling — leak in service pipe — pipe property of owner of premises — use of gas in house discontinued —• service pipe capped — gas not shut off at main in street or at curb — no notice to gas company of any defect in pipe.

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant, Westchester Lighting Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 18th day of November, 1921, upon the verdict of a jury for $4,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk's office on the same day denying said defendant's motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
Judgment and order affirmed, with costs. No opinion. Blackmar, P. J., Rich, Manning and Kelby, JJ., concur; Kelly, J., dissents and reads for reversal.