MONTANA POWER CO. v. SUN RIVER ELECTRIC COOP.

No. 12010.

487 P.2d 307 (1971)

The MONTANA POWER COMPANY, a Montana Corporation, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SUN RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., a corporation, and R.K. Hanson, as Manager of Sun River Electric Cooperative, Inc., Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Submitted June 15, 1971.

Rehearing Denied July 23, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Coldiron, argued, Butte, Jardine, Stephenson, Blewett & Weaver, John H. Weaver, argued, Great Falls, for plaintiff-appellant.

Patrick Gilfeather, Graybill, Graybill, Ostrem & Warner, Leo Graybill, Jr., argued, Great Falls, for defendant-respondent.


HASWELL, Justice.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the district court of Pondera County denying it a permanent injunction prohibiting defendant from supplying electrical power to a contractor.

Plaintiff is an electric utility company holding a nonexclusive franchise to supply electrical power and service anywhere in the state of Montana. Defendant is an electric co-operative organized under the provisions of Title 14, Chapter 5, Revised Codes of Montana...

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