City of East Point v. Upchurch Packing Co.

The City of East Point, a municipal corporation, brought a suit against the Upchurch Packing Company, in the sum of $2118.21, for electric power furnished to it by the city from August, 1934, through February, 1937. The petition alleged that the amount sued for was the difference between what defendant was charged for power during the above-stated period and what it should have been charged, because of the fact that the readings of the meter measuring the current were multiplied by “30,” whereas they should have been multiplied by “40.” The defendant in its answer denied any indebtedness;…