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RANSOME v. WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER CO.

No. 76-301.

87 Wis.2d 605 (1979)

275 N.W.2d 641

RANSOME, and another, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided February 27, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief and oral argument by Scott V. Lowry of Waukesha.

For the respondent there was a brief by William P. Croke and Prosser, Wiedabach & Quale, S.C., of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Croke.

BEILFUSS, C. J.

In 1974 the plaintiffs-appellants, Ralph and Dorothy Ransome, owned a two-family rental house in the Town of Waukesha, Waukesha county. The defendant-respondent, Wisconsin Electric Power Company, furnished the electricity used in the house. The electricity supplied by the defendant was the customary residential voltage of 120-240.

The electricity was transmitted over the defendant's lines to a pole located near the plaintiffs' house and then...

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