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Public Service Commission, Second District v. Iroquois Natural Gas Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 2, 1918PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, Iroquois Natural Gas Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 31st day of May, 1918, upon the decision of the court after a trial at the Erie Special Term.

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Appeal by the defendant, Iroquois Natural Gas Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 31st day of May, 1918, upon the decision of the court after a trial at the Erie Special Term. The judgment enjoined the defendant from collecting or demanding for any natural gas furnished by it in the city of Buffalo and certain other municipalities any price in excess of thirty-two cents gross or thirty cents net per 1,000 cubic feet until duly authorized by said Public Service Commission or until the further…

1Opinion of the Court

Foote, J.:

On November 30, 1917, and for five years or more prior thereto,'defendant was charging its customers in the city of Buffalo and other parts of western New York, thirty-two cents gross and thirty cents net per 1,000 cubic feet for its natural gas. This was the established rate according to its schedule of rates on file with the Public Service Commission. On that day it filed with the Public Service Commission a new schedule of rates increasing the rate to thirty-seven cents gross and thirty-five cents net per 1,000 cubic feet to users of 40,000 cubic feet or less, and still higher…

2Cited by15 opinions

  1. Town of North Hempstead v. Public Service Corp. of Long IslandNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
  2. Public Service Commission v. Pavilion Natural Gas Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1921
  3. Town of North Hempstead v. Public Service Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920
  4. Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. NapoletanoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1950
  5. Jamaica Water Supply Co. v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938

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