Arnold v. Carolina Power & Light Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. ChiEE Justice Blease.

The plaintiff brought this action, one for damages in the sum of $2,950, against the defendant, a public service corporation, engaged in furnishing electric current; because of the removal from plaintiff’s place of a meter and cutting out the electric current service. The cause of action, according to the allegations of the complaint, was based on the theory that there was a bona fide dispute between the plaintiff and the defendant as to the amount due by the former to the latter on the account, and that the acts of the…