Laclede Electric Cooperative v. Booker

MAUS, Presiding Judge.

By a claim against her estate, Laclede Electric Cooperative (Cooperative) seeks to recover on a bill for electricity supplied to a deceased customer, Dorothy J. Booker. The bill for April 1989 was $49.31, the bill for May was $54.39 and the bill for the period from that date to June 14, 1989, was $472.53. After adding late charges, disconnect charges and crediting a deposit, the claim was for $568.66. The personal representative of the decedent contended the Cooperative did not make a case because it did not present evidence the meter at the home of the decedent was…