Coffeyville Gas & Fuel Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

*166The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This proceeding was brought by the Coffey-ville Gas & Fuel Company, to enjoin the enforcement of a rate fixed by the Public Utilities Commission to be charged for gas to the patrons and customers of the plaintiff. The injunction sought was granted and defendants appeal.

The company was organized in 1905, and had paid dividends every year except 1905, 1908 and 1913, and its books also showed that it lost money in the years of 1919 and 1920. Up to 1920 it had furnished gas to consumers at a rate of 50 cents- per thousand cubic feet.…