Ransome v. Wisconsin Electric Power Co.

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 120-1240.

The electricity was transmitted over the defendant’s lines to a pole located near the plaintiffs’ house and then through a transformer attached to the pole. In normal operations the voltage is reduced at this transformer from 4800 volts to 120-240 volts. The…