Georgia Power Co. v. Okefenokee Rural Electric Membership Corp.

Almand, Justice.

The case under review is one wherein the Georgia Power Company (hereinafter referred to as “power company”), a public utility under the jurisdiction of the Georgia Public Service Commission sought to enjoin the defendant Okefenokee Rural Electric Membership Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “co-op.”), from furnishing electric energy to the City of Folkston (hereinafter referred to as the “city”), for street lighting purposes in an area which was annexed to the city in 1951. After a hearing on the power company’s petition for an interlocutory injunction the court upon…