State ex rel. Public Utility District No. 1 v. Department of Public Service

Two public utility districts, located in adjoining counties, filed with the department of public service of the state of Washington their separate complaints, each seeking to compel a power company operating in the same area to file with the department a schedule showing the rate at which it would furnish to the particular public utility district the power required by it in the operation of its alleged electrical properties. The power company demurred to each of the complaints, and the demurrers were sustained by the department. Upon proceedings by writs of review, in which the department of…