Court of Appeals of North Carolina July 17, 2001, No. COA00-632 (City of New Bern v. Carteret-Craven Electric Membership Corp.)

BIGGS, Judge.

This appeal arises from a dispute between competing electric companies over the right to provide electric service to the Havelock Animal Hospital, in Havelock, North Carolina. The pertinent facts are as follows: The plaintiff, City of New Bern (New Bern), is a municipal corporation in Craven County.