Emporia Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities Commission
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Shawnee district court, division No. 2; George H. Whitcomb, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
*137The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mason, J.:
The public utilities act provides that whenever any utility desires to make a change in any rate it shall -file with the commission a schedule showing the change desired, and that no change shall be made without the consent of the commission (Laws 1911, ch. 238, § 20) ; and also that unless the commission shall otherwise order no utility shall collect a greater compensation than the charge fixed in the lowest schedule of rates for the same services on January 1, 1911 (§ 30). On the date named the Emporia Telephone Company had in force a rate…
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