Legal Opinion

Southwestern Light & Power Co. v. City of Elk

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided November 12, 1940No. 28075PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WELCH, V. C. J.

The Corporation Commission, by its final order after trial, granted Elk City a judgment against Southwestern Light & Power Company for $6,173.92 as refund of overpayment for electric current for pumping city water between 1930 and 1935; and also fixed a substantially lower rate as the future rate for such current.

Upon this appeal both such conclusions are attacked.

As to the judgment for $6,173.92 the controlling question is whether the Corporation Commission had jurisdiction of the subject matter and jurisdiction to render the particular judgment rendered.

Essential facts are…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. v. Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
  2. Fretz v. City of EdmondSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  3. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
  4. Muskogee Gas & Electric Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
  5. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Application of Oklahoma Turnpike AuthoritySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1950
  2. Application of Central Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1947
  3. Oklahoma City Municipal Improvement Authority v. HTB, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1989
  4. Kingwood Oil Company v. Hall-Jones Oil CorporationSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1964
  5. Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. v. Choctaw Gas Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1951

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