FIRST FED SAV & LOAN ASSOCIATION OF TWIN FALLS v. East End Mut. Elec. Co., Ltd.

BURNETT, Judge.

We are asked to decide whether the bylaws of a private electrical cooperative may require, as a condition of transferring membership from one person to another, the payment of any delinquency in the outgoing member’s account. This question is presented on appeal from a declaratory judgment in which the district court held that a purchaser of property owned by a member of the cooperative was entitled to membership, and to resumption of electrical service which had been terminated for nonpayment, without bringing the account current as provided in the bylaws. For reasons…