Legal Opinion

City of Bluefield v. Public Service Commission

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided June 19, 1923PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Lively, Judge:

Upon consideration of the petition or complaint of the city of Bluefield, the separate demurrers and separate answers of the Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company and the Princeton Power Company, and the evidence, the public service commission came to the conclusion that it had no jurisdiction to hear and determine the matters set up and alleged in the complaint, and ordered that the same be dismissed and the case stricken from its docket. From this order the city of Bluefield has taken this appeal.

The only question here is whether the public service commission had…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. United Fuel Gas Co. v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
  2. Baltimore & Ohio R. R. v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1922
  3. Kelly Axe Manufacturing Co. v. United Fuel Gas Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1920
  4. State ex rel. Croy v. Bluefield Water Works & Improvement Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1920

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Atlantic Greyhound Corp. v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1949
  2. State ex rel. Bibb v. ChambersWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1953
  3. Wilhite v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1966
  4. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. City of MorgantownWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1959
  5. Duling Bros. v. City of HuntingtonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1938

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