Blackwood Coal & Coke Co. v. Old Dominion Power Co.

This is an action of assumpsit brought by the Black-wood Coal and Coke Company, hereafter called the plaintiff, against Norton Light and Power Company and the Old Dominion Power Company. The Old Dominion Power Company, hereafter called the defendant, or power company, has assumed any obligation which may rest upon the Norton Light and Power *55Company in this case, and so is the real defendant interested.

The plaintiff sought to recover money which it paid to the defendant for electric power furnished for the operation of the coal mines of the plaintiff, the amount claimed being the sum of…