Owens v. Corporation Commission of Oklahoma

(after stating the facts as above).

The purpose of this action is to determine the power of the state legislature to do two things: (1) To forbid a citizen to erect a eotton gin and gin eotton for others, without consent of the Corporation Commission; and (2) To prescribe the charge such owner shall make to his neighbor for the service rendered.

The questions presented are fundamental and have been ably and extensively briefed. The defendants press upon us Brass v. Stoeser, 153 U. S. 391, 14 S. Ct. 857, 38 L. Ed. 757, where a North Dakota statute regulating the charge for service rendered by…