Inman v. Home Telephone & Telegraph Co.

Citations

• 105 Wash. 234
• 177 P. 670
• 2 A.L.R. 1543
• 1919 Wash. LEXIS 521

Syllabus

<p>Electricity (4)—Injuries Incident to Use—Licensees. A person not a subscriber, injured by shock while using by permission a telephone in a neighbor’s private residence, is a mere licensee; and such use not being within the reasonable contemplation of the telephone contract, and telephones not being highly dangerous, the company is not liable in the absence of proof that the injury was wilful, wanton, or malicious; hence proof of the accident does not make a prima facie case on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur.</p>