Supreme Court of Kansas June 10, 1911, No. 17,125 (Lewellen v. Kansas Natural Gas Co.)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

J. E. Lewellen sued the Kansas Natural Gas Company to recover damages for the death of his nine-year-old son, Oval, who was alleged to have been instantly killed by the force of natural gas suddenly released from a certain drip pipe left exposed by the company.