General Electric Co. v. Morganton Electric Light & Power Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action tried before Starhuch, J., at March Term, 1898, of Burke Superior Court, on an agreed statement of facts, the material parts of which are stated in the opinion. From a judgment refusing to allow the plaintiff, the G-eneral Electric Company, a priority over the mortgage debts of the defendant Company, the said plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
MONTGOMERY, J.:
The defendant company had erected a plant upon its own land in Morganton and was engaged in the business of generating electricity for the purpose of furnishing light to its customers, when it became necessary to enlarge the power of the dynamos they were using, in order to serve the increasing patronage of the company. The dynamos in use were removed from their position and two larger ones were furnished by the plaintiff company and were placed into positions of the ones removed, and fastened by iron bolts to a wooden frame on which the metallic part of the dynamos is built;…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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