State Ex Rel. Ozark Power & Water Co. v. Public Service Commission
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Cole Circuit Court. — Hon. J. G. Slate, Judge. (1) The Public Service Commission has not the power to order relator to enter and serve the new territory embraced in the settlement of Diamond, against the judgment arid will o'f the officers and management of the relator, and where it does not render any service in the vicinity of Diamond, and such new territory is not part of some territory relator has theretofore undertaken to serve.
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Appeal from Cole Circuit Court. — Hon. J. G. Slate, Judge. (1) The Public Service Commission has not the power to order relator to enter and serve the new territory embraced in the settlement of Diamond, against the judgment arid will o'f the officers and management of the relator, and where it does not render any service in the vicinity of Diamond, and such new territory is not part of some territory relator has theretofore undertaken to serve. State ex rel v. Public Service Com., 270 Mo. 442, 446; People ex rel. v. Willcox, 200 N. Y. 431; Atchison, T. & S. Ry. Co. v. Railway Commission, 173…
1Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Cole County affirming an order of the Public Service Commission, requiring relator to furnish electric service to the inhabitants of Diamond, in Newton County.
Relator is a public service corporation engaged in the business of generating, distributing and selling to the public electric energy for light and power. It was incorporated under the laws of this State in 1911. The purposes for which it was formed, according to its charter, were:
"To generate, distribute and sell electric energy and supply water and water power in Missouri and…
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