Bolling v. Old Dominion Power Co.

The appellee challenges the jurisdiction of this court to hear this appeal on the ground that it involves matters “merely pecuniary,” and that the jurisdictional amount of $300, required by Code, section 6337 (as amended by Acts 1922, ch. 41, p. 45; Acts 1938, ch. 76, p. 134), is lacking. A review of the facts and proceedings conclusively demonstrates, we think, that the point is well taken.

R. H. Bolling, the appellant, suing “on behalf of himself and all other consumers and purchasers of electrical energy sold by Old Dominion Power Company, Incorporated, within the corporate limits of the…