Pitt & Greene Electric Membership Corp. v. Carolina Power & Light Co.

Statutory provisions relating to electric membership corporations and to public utility corporations are set forth and discussed in Power Co. v. Membership Corp., 253 N.C. 596, 117 S.E. 2d 812, and in Membership Corp. v. Light Co., 253 N.C. 610, 117 S.E. 2d 764.

In Light Co. v. Electric Membership Corp., 211 N.C. 717, 192 S.E. 105, decided in 1937, this Court held that an electric membership corporation and a public utility corporation were free to compete in rural areas. Unless restricted by the provisions of Article 8 of their contract of January 5, 1956, plaintiff and defendant may continue…