City of Phoenix v. Wright

This is an application by the city of Phoenix, a municipal corporation, hereinafter called plaintiff, against Wilson T. Wright, Amos A. Betts, and William M. Cox, as the corporation commission of the state of Arizona, hereinafter called defendants, for a writ of prohibition, commanding them to desist from attempting to assume jurisdiction over plaintiff and its municipally owned and operated water system, in the distribution of water to consumers for compensation outside of its corporate limits. The alternative writ was issued, and defendants cited to appear and show cause why it should not…