Lanning v. Poulsbo Rural Telephone Ass'n

The litigation involved in this appeal was in the nature of a minority shareholder’s suit against a Washington corporation engaged in public utility service. Without detailing the various claims and cross claims asserted between the appellant, Oliver Lanning, and the respondent, Poulsbo Rural Telephone Association, O. E. Ser-wold and Helen Berbower, 1 this appeal is concerned only with a portion of the final judgment which dismissed a tort claim by Mr. Lanning against the respondent, Poulsbo Rural.

The tort claim arose out of Lanning’s attempt, as a minority shareholder of Poulsbo Rural…