Copes v. Northeast La. Power Cooperative

JASPER E. JONES, Judge.

Appellant, Peter Dale Copes, instituted this suit to recover damages he allegedly sustained because of defendant’s delay in supplying electricity for two irrigation pumps used to provide water for his rice crop. The defendant is Northeast Louisiana Power Cooperative, Inc., a nonprofit corporation with a franchise to provide electricity to its members in West Carroll Parish. Appellant appeals the trial court judgment rejecting his demand for damages. Defendant neither appealed nor answered the appeal. The assignments of error present two primary issues for decision:1(1)…