THOMAS v. BOONE ELECTRIC CO-OPERATIVE

No. 22198.

277 S.W.2d 640 (1955)

James Frank THOMAS and Reba Fern Thomas, Respondents, v. BOONE ELECTRIC CO-OPERATIVE, a Corporation, Appellant.

Kansas City Court of Appeals. Missouri.

March 7, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph L. Alexander, Warren D. Welliver, Alexander, Harris & Welliver, Columbia, Stockard & Stockard, Jefferson City, of counsel, for appellant.

Edwin C. Orr, Columbia, Orr & Sapp, Columbia, of counsel, for respondents.


SPERRY, Commissioner.

Plaintiffs sued defendant for damages caused by the loss of their farm house by fire. From a verdict and judgment in the amount of $4,000, defendant has appealed.

Plaintiffs' theory is that defendant's agent, who inspected the wiring in their house and was paid a fee therefor, found it to be defective but, nevertheless, turned the current into the wiring and left it on; that, as a direct result of the defective

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