Habersham Electric Membership Corp. v. Mize

Pope, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff/appellant Habersham Electric Membership Corporation (“HEMC”) supplies electricity to chicken houses owned by defendant/appellee Larry Mize. In February 1986, an HEMC employee, while replacing an electrical meter on Mize’s farm, placed an incorrect “multiplier” on the meter. Because of this error, Mize was billed for only one-half of the kilowatt hours which he actually used from February 1986 until July 1989, when the error was discovered. HEMC notified Mize that he had been underbilled by $27,516.44, and when Mize refused to pay that amount, instituted the present…