Singleton v. Haywood Electric Membership Corp.

Orr, Justice.

The issue before the Court is whether the Court of Appeals properly affirmed the trial court’s entry of partial summary judgment for the plaintiff. For the reasons discussed herein, we affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals.

Defendant, Haywood Electric Membership Corporation (HEMC), is a rural electric cooperative owned by its members. Plaintiff, Steve Singleton, first became a member of HEMC in August of 1966 when he signed a membership application for that one year. In November of 1976 Singleton signed another membership application in which he agreed to purchase and use…