Legal Opinion
Duke Power Co. v. Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corp.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided January 20, 1961No. 311PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRodman, J.
The contract between Duke and Blue Ridge lies at the threshold of the controversy. (Actually there are two contracts, each designating a place where Duke will connect with Blue Ridge lines to furnish current, but they are identical so far as material to a decision of this case. Hence they are treated as a single instrument.) Each of these parties bases its right to relief on its interpreta- ^ X ^ J o-l T\-T t ACfT HTVL i. ¿ *600the end of an annual period by sixty days notice from one party to the other.
The provisions pertinent to the decision of this case read:
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- Pue v. . Hood, Comr. of BanksSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1942
- Griffin v. Goldsboro Water Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
- Cole v. Industrial Fibre Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1931
- State Ex Rel. East Lenoir Sanitary District v. City of LenoirSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1958
- City of Moultrie v. Colquitt County Rural Electric Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1955
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Bueltel v. Lumber Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1999
- Domestic Electric Service, Inc. v. City of Rocky MountSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974
- Goodyear v. GoodyearSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1962
- Missouri Public Service Co. v. Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1966
- State v. CookSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
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