Stokes v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc.

OVERTON, J. '

V. P. Stokes, agent for E. Landresse, instituted this suit to recover of defendant $1,-150, with legal interest from judicial demand, for alleged illegal overcharges collected from him. on electric current bills; to obtain a decree declaring -that the only valid and legal rates for electric current are the normal prewar rates, fixed by Ordinance No. 3651, Commission Council Series; and by a contract entered into by the city of New Orleans with the New Orleans Railway & Light Company, the predecessor of defendant, on October 27, 1916, pursuant to said ordinance; to obtain a decree…