Georgia Power Co. v. Altamaha Electric Membership Corp.

Grice, Justice.

The controversy here is between two utility companies over the right to furnish electricity to consumers in a certain area within the corporate limits of a municipality. Georgia Power Company filed a petition against Altamaha Electric Membership Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the Co-op) in the Superior Court of Emanuel County seeking to enjoin the Co-op from constructing additional power lines and from furnishing electricity to consumers in specified areas of the City of Swainsboro. Those areas were the original city limits portion of a subdivision known as Eastwood…