City of North Little Rock v. Ark. Power & Light Co.

Jim Johnson, Associate Justice.

This suit involves a purchase contract between a municipality and a utility.

In March 1950 appellant City of North Little Rock and appellee Arkansas Power & Light Company entered into a contract in which the city agreed to purchase all the electric power it needed to supply the municipally-owned electrical distribution system serving North Little Rock and certain adjacent areas. The company had been serving the city under a ten-year contract entered into in 1943, but due to its growth the city was unable to receive an adequate power supply through the one point…