CAPE HATTERAS ELECTRIC v. STEVENSON

No. COA15-1102.

790 S.E.2d 675 (2016)

CAPE HATTERAS ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION, an electric membership corporation organized and existing pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. Chapter 117, Plaintiff, v. Gina L. STEVENSON and Joseph F. Noce, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: August 16, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vandeventer Black LLP, Raleigh, by Norman W. Shearin and Ashley P. Holmes , for plaintiff-appellant.

Brooks, Pierce, McClendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP, by Julia C. Ambrose , Raleigh, and Daniel F. E. Smith , Greensboro, for defendants-appellees.

Patrick Buffkin , for amicus curiae North Carolina Association of Electric Cooperatives, Inc.


At its heart, this is a case of straightforward contract interpretation. The plaintiff is an electric cooperative whose bylaws require all members to grant an easement across their land for power lines and other electric services upon request by the cooperative with "reasonable terms and conditions."

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