McAlester Gas & Coke Co. v. Corporation Commission

Tbe McAlester Gas & Coke Company, a corporation, is a public utility furnishing natural gas to the inhabitants of McAlester, Okla., and operating under a schedule of rates fixed by the Corporation Commission. On October 4, 1921, it filed with the Corporation Commission its written petition asking for a very substantial increase in such rates and alleged that unless such rates be granted, its earnings would be insufficient to pay its operating expenses and a reasonable interest upon the value of its used and useful investment, and would result in its property being confiscated, without regard…