City of Pawhuska v. Pawhuska Oil & Gas Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
A city in Oklahoma is complaining here of an order of the corporation commission of the State, made in 1917, regulating the rates and service of a gas company engaged in supplying natural gas to the city and its inhabitants. The company has a franchise, granted by the city in 1909, which entitles it to have its pipe lines in the streets and alleys of the city and provides that the gas shall be supplied at flat or meter rates, at the option of the consumer, and that the rates shall not be in excess of fixed standards.
When the franchise was granted there was a provision in the state…
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