Alabama Power Co. v. Patterson

As we understand, the main question in this case is whether or not the general rate fixed for the old Alabama Power Company by the public service commission, classified as A 3, was applicable to Mobile, which was, at the time, being served by another company and at a different rate; the old Alabama Power Company having no plant or connecting line with Mobile at the time. In other words, at the time of the consolidation of the old Alabama Power Company with the Gulf and Houston Companies, which one had the right and was obligated to the city of Mobile to supply lights, and at what rate was it…