Arnold v. Carolina Power & Light Co.

January 10, 1933. The opinion of the Court was delivered by The plaintiff brought this action, one for damages in the sum of $2,950, against the defendant, a public service corporation, engaged in furnishing electric current, because of the removal from plaintiff's place of a meter and cutting out the electric current service. The cause of action, according to the allegations of the complaint, was based on the theory that there was a bona fide dispute between the plaintiff and the defendant as to the amount due by the former to the latter on the account, and that the acts of the defendant in…