Georgia Railway & Power Co. v. Railroad Commission
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for mandamus. Before Judge Bell. Pulton superior court. October 2, 1918.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, P. J.
The plaintiff in error, hereafter called the railway company, filed a petition to the Bailroad Commission of Georgia, for an increase in street-railway fares. In the application it was claimed that an increase of rates for street-car and suburban fares was absolutely essential in order for the applicant, in view of the unusual war conditions which had prevailed for more than a year, to effectively discharge the obligations of the company to the public. The facts upon which this claim of the necessity for a raise in the rates of street-ear fares was based were fully and elaborately set forth…
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