Lillethun v. Tri-County Electric Cooperative, Inc.

STRUTZ, Chief Justice.

The defendant co-operative provides electric energy in a number of counties in central North Dakota, including the county of Foster and the town of McHenry in that county, where the plaintiff is a merchant. The defendant is the only supplier of elep-tric energy in the area, and the plaintiff is compelled to get his power from this source. As such user of the defendant’s power, the plaintiff is a member of the defendant cooperative. The record discloses that his use of power is constant from month to month.

The defendant has established various classifications for rate…