Yamhill County Mutual Telephone Co. v. Yamhill Electric Co.

There are two reasons asserted by plaintiff in its complaint against the operating of defendant’s power line. First, plaintiff asserts that the force of electricity carried over the power line will be snch that its consequent magnetic field will envelop the telephone wires causing the telephone wires to receive such electricity by induction.

The second is that the power company intends to and will connect its line with an old power line in Amity which is in poor condition and has contacts with the ground, and these conditions will cause electricity to be communicated to appellant’s telephone…