Cass County Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Otter Tail Power Co.

(On reassignment).

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Ransom County, which judgment affirmed an order of the Public Service Commission denying the application of Otter Tail Power Company for an order granting Otter Tail a certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide electric service to the residence of one F. J. Froeschle at a rural site outside the city limits of Lisbon, North Dakota.

The record discloses that Froeschle, a long-time ' customer of Otter Tail at his residence in Lisbon, built a new home in Island Park Township, a rural area just north of the…