Columbus v. Troup County Electric Membership Corp.

Smith, Judge.

This case involves a construction of § 13 (a) of the Electric Membership Corporation Act (Ga.L. 1960, pp. 5, 6 (Code Ann. § 34B-117.1)) in view of the city-county governmental entity created by the Charter of Columbus, Georgia. Ga. L. 1971, Ex. Sess., p. 2007 et seq. The E.M.C. Act requires a percentage-of-sales contribution by "[e]ach cooperative serving members within . . . the corporate limits of a municipality...” Columbus brought this action against Troup County E.M.C. following Troup E.M.C.’s refusal to contribute a percentage of sales made in the area which, prior to the…