Snyder v. Oakdale Co-operative Electrical Ass'n

The rule is well established that a company furnishing electric power for use in a private wiring system is not under obligation to inspect such system before supplying the current nor is it obligated to respond in damages for injuries sustained by reason of the defective condition of such system “unless it supplies current actually knowing of these conditions and the current is the cause of the injuries sued for, in which case it is the energizing of the line with knowledge of the conditions and not the conditions themselves which forms the basis of liability.” Oesterreich v. Claas (1941),…