Schumacher v. Railroad Commission

The only issue involved in this case is whether or not the Railroad Commission had jurisdiction to make the order reviewed. The trial court was of the opinion that under the case of Cawker v. Meyer, 147 Wis. 320, 133 N. W. 157, the plaintiffs here were not a public utility and that the Railroad Commission had no jurisdiction. The court said:

“The plaintiffs are in no sense a public utility. They are only a group of neighbors who have co-operated to build a line to supply themselves with electric current, with no purpose of making a profit or of serving the public generally or any portion of…