McPherson v. Pacific Power & Light Co.

This is a class suit brought on behalf of approximately 50,000 electric power consumers in defendant’s Willamette and Coos Bay Divisions against the Mountain States Power Company to recover the amount of a surcharge which was imposed and collected by the defendant utility during December of 1952 and the spring of 1953, and to restrain and enjoin defendant from collecting any further sums over and above its lawful rates and schedules. From an order of the trial court sustaining defendant’s demurrer and dismissing the complaint, the plaintiffs now appeal.

Effective May 21, 1954, Mountain States…