Sutter Butte Canal Co. v. Railroad Commision

By this proceeding petitioner seeks to have reviewed and annulled a decision and order of the Railroad Commission, designated decision No. 16289, made on March 20, 1926, relating to its water rates, complaint being made of the valuation of its property for rate-fixing purposes, the rate of return thereon and the modification and practical abrogation of certain continuous contracts for the furnishing of water held by it with a certain class of consumers.

In previous decisions this court has had occasion to outline the history of petitioner as a public utility engaged in the business of…