Wakefield Water Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

This proceeding is before Supreme Court on certiorari from a report and order of the Public Utilities Commission denying a proposed tariff by the Wakefield Water Company. It is impossible for court properly to fulfill its assigned function because of the commission’s failure to set forth sufficiently the findings and the evidentiary facts upon which it rests its report and order. Rhode Island Consumers’ Council v. Smith, 111 R. I. 271, 302 A.2d 757 (1973).

Higgins, Cavarnagh & Cooney, John P. Cooney, for petitioner. Julius C. Mi-chaelson. Attorney General, R. Daniel Prentiss, Special Asst.…