South Taranaki Electric-Power Board v Patea Borough - [1955] NZLR 954

Electric-power Board — Supply of Electricity to Borough within Board's Outer Area — Annual Charge to Borough — Reasonableness of Charge — Borough a "consumer" and entitled to Continuity of Supply — Electricity Merchantable and Prime Necessity — Board having No Monopoly of Right to Supply in Borough's Area — Electric-power Boards Act. 1925, ss 2, 76 — Public Works Act, 1928, s 319 — Electrical Supply Regulations, 1935 (1935 New Zealand Gazette, 2496) Reg 21–42.