State ex rel. Allen v. Railroad Commission

The following opinion was filed June 11, 1930:

Rosenberry, C. J.

All parties here agree that the question decisive of the issues in both cases is whether or not the severance by the Dekorra Company in September, 1929, of the connection which had existed under the contract since 1914 constitutes a violation of sec. 196.50, Stats. If it did not and the Dekorra Company had the right to re-establish its exchange and return to the status quo which existed prior to the contract, then as an independent utility it had the right to seek or its subscribers had the right to seek joint service under the…