People Ex Rel. Village of South Glens Falls v. Public Service Commission
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third 'judicial department, entered September 18, 1918, which reversed, on certiorari, a determination of the public service commission, second district, dismissing the relator’s complaint against the United Gas, Electric Light and Fuel Company, and referred the matter back to the commission for action thereon in accordance with the prayer of the complaint.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third 'judicial department, entered September 18, 1918, which reversed, on certiorari, a determination of the public service commission, second district, dismissing the relator’s complaint against the United Gas, Electric Light and Fuel Company, and referred the matter back to the commission for action thereon in accordance with the prayer of the complaint. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The legislature has paramount and supreme rate-making power, especially in the matter of gas rates, where…
1Opinion of the CourtCrane, J.
In September of 1900 the village of South Glens Falls, New York, granted to the United Gas, Electric Light and Fuel Company the right and power to use the streets within the village for the purpose of maintaining pipes and necessary feeders for lighting, fuel and other purposes for which gas may be used. The right was for the term of fifty years.
It was provided that in consideration of this license the said company should charge no greater sum than one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) per thousand cubic feet for the use of gas for illuminating or fuel purposes.
The gas company established…
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