East Mississippi Electric Power Ass'n v. Mississippi Power Co.

Appellant and cross-appellee, East Mississippi Electric Power Association, will be hereinafter called Association, and appellee and cross-appellant, Mississippi Power Company, will be called Company.

The Association filed an application with the Public Service Commission under Mississippi Laws 1956, Chapter 372 (Miss. Code Ann. § 7716-04 (1956)), seeking a certificate of public convenience and necessity for certain areas in Clarke and Lauderdale Counties. The Company protested.

When the petition was filed the Company had an application pending. At the time Association’s application was heard,…