Pee Dee Electrics Membership Corp. v. Carolina Power & Light Co.

When Knob Hill, by annexation on January 9, 1957, was included within the corporate limits of Rockingham, sixty-six residences in this area were being served by Pee Dee. Prior to said annexation, the Power Company did not supply electric service in Knob Hill and had no lines or facilities therein.

Pee Dee, based on Article 8 of its contract of January 5, 1956, with the Power Company, contended it had the exclusive right, notwithstanding said annexation, to serve that part of Knob Hill within three hundred feet of distribution lines constructed by Pee Dee prior to January 9, 1957.

The Power…