Gokey v. Electric Household Utilities Corp.

The facts as established upon the trial and now presented on appeal are that respondent Edith Gokey, a resident in a large apartment building, entered the basement laundry as she had a fight to do. A washing machine was there installed by permission of the owner for the use of the tenants. The machine was placed there by Dobratz and the Electric Household Utilities Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “corporation”), two of the appellants, under an arrangement which fixed responsibility upon them for the maintenance of the machine. Their contract with the owne'r, appellant Druml,…