Holmes v. City of Fayetteville

The defendant has no plant of its own for producing and furnishing electricity as a public utility, but it owns and maintains a system of poles, wires, and appliances for transmitting and delivering electricity to persons, firms, and corporations within the city. Some years ago it made a contract with the Carolina Power and Light Company, which is now in effect, for the purchase of an electric current for the use of the city and for resale or redistribution within the corporate limits and within adjacent territory distant not more than three miles from the corporate boundaries. The contract…