Cape Hatteras Electric Membership Corp. v. Stevenson

DIETZ, Judge.

*12 At its heart, this is a case of straightforward contract interpretation. The plaintiff is an electric cooperative whose bylaws require all members to grant an easement across their land for power lines and other electric services upon request by the cooperative with "reasonable terms and conditions."

Recent storms caused severe erosion near the cooperative's existing transmission lines. So the cooperative sent a letter to Defendant Gina Stevenson, a cooperative member, instructing her to grant a 44-foot-wide easement across her property for the rerouted lines. The letter attached…