Public Service Commission v. Iroquois Natural Gas Co.

In September, 1911, this defendant and various other domestic and foreign corporations were severally producing, acquiring, selling and distributing natural gas in and about western New York, or conducting one or more of such enterprises. In that month this defendant and these several companies filed various petitions with this petitioner, in general to *589obtain permission for this defendant to purchase, take over and operate the various gas plants and exercise various rights and privileges belonging and appertaining to the other said corporations. Finally the time came when this petitioner,…