Kirkpatrick Hardware Co. v. Hamlet

The basement under Hamlet’s barber-shop was occupied by the Kirkpatrick Hardware Company. In the basement was a large electric light, connected with the meter in Hamlet’s shop, and for several years the current for the light in the basement was supplied through his meter. In March, 1916, this fact *721was discovered, and Hamlet filed suit against the hardware company for the value of the current consumed during the four years preceding the filing of the suit. Counsel for the plaintiff properly characterized the action as “a suit upon an implied contract for the market value of the current…