Consumers Power Company v. Reich

Defendant is a consumer of electric power and a customer of plaintiff, Consumers Power Company. Plaintiff threatened to terminate defendant’s electric service unless he paid an overdue bill. Defendant then threatened to cut plaintiff’s power and gas lines which cross his property unless plaintiff paid him a sum of money which defendant claimed was the amount of damages inflicted on defendant’s property by plaintiff’s employees.

Plaintiff filed a complaint for a temporary restraining order to prevent defendant from carrying out his threats and for the issuance of a peace bond against defendant…