State ex rel. Steiger v. Capital Gas & Electric Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This is an original action in mandamus. An alternative writ issued. The defendants made a return in due time. Plaintiffs demurred to the return. The pleadings thus raise the question of whether a peremptory writ should issue.

The action grows out of a controversy that has been going on in this state between the state regulatory commission and certain pipeline, distributing and holding companies for several years past.

The defendants comprise a group of gas companies known as the Doherty companies. A phase of this proceeding has been dealt with…