Hendricks County REMC v. Public Service Co.
Hendricks County REMC v. Public Service Co.
Opinion of the Court
This matter is now before us on Appellee’s Motion to Transfer to Appellate Courb. Appellant, Hendricks County Rural Electric Membership Corporation (REMC), has predicated its claim of jurisdiction by this Court upon the first grounds set forth in Burns’ § 4-214, which is as follows:
“First. All cases in which there is in question, and such question is duly presented, either the validity of a franchise or the validity of an ordinance of a municipal corporation, or the constitutionality of a statute, state or federal, or the rights guaranteed by the state or federal constitution.”
The case involves a territorial dispute between REMC and the appellee, Public Service Company of Indiana, Inc. (Public Service). The trial court denied REMC’s prayer for injunctive relief upon a stipulation of facts and subsequently its motion for a new trial. The territory in dispute was included in REMC’s certificate of public convenience and neces
The jurisdictional aspect of this case was recently decided by this Court in the case of Decatur County Rural Electric Membership Corporation v. Public Service Company of Indiana (1971), 256 Ind. 486, 269 N. E. 2d 884. That case was transferred to this Court upon the same jurisdictional grounds herein claimed by REMC. In ordering such case transferred back to the Appellate Court for consideration and decision, we held that it did not involve the validity of any franchise of a municipal corporation or ordinance of a municipal corporation under Burns Ind. Stat. Anno. § 4-214 (First), but that it merely involved the application of the certificate of public convenience and necessity and a statute under which the Public Service Company claims the right to serve the same territory and the application of such statute and certificate to the facts presented.
For the same reason, this Court does not have jurisdiction herein and the Clerk of this Court is therefore ordered to transfer the case to the Appellate Court for consideration and decision.
Arterburn, C.J. and Givan, DeBruler and Hunter, JJ., concur.
Note. — Reported in 271 N. E. 2d 445.
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