Black River Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Public Service Commission

Oxner, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court refusing to set aside an order of the Public Service Commission. The controversy stems from a claim by the Black River Electric Cooperative, Inc., that the Carolina Power and Light Company should be enjoined from furnishing electricity in a certain area near the City of Sumter, which the Cooperative says is already occupied and adequately served by it.

C. D. Spangler Construction Company and the C & C Land Company purchased approximately 360 acres of land near the corporate limits of Sumter for development as a residential…