Manley v. Consolidated Edison Co.

Motion by plaintiffs for an order compelling defendant to supply electric service to the plaintiffs pending the trial of this action.

The plaintiffs, with their three children, occupy a second floor apartment in Jamaica. They have been customers of the defendant and its predecessor in interest since November 12,

1941, and have always paid such bills as were rendered in due course. On March 20, 1946, defendant discontinued plaintiffs’ electric service on the ground that the meter had been tampered with and had not recorded all the electricity consumed by the plaintiffs.

The first time defendant…