Legal Opinion

Title G. Etc. Co. v. Railroad Commission

California Supreme Court

Decided August 3, 1914No. S.F. No. 6666PublishedCited by 12 opinions

APPLICATION for a Writ of Certiorari directed to the Railroad Commission of the state of California. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. W. G. Cooke, E. W. Sargent, and Tanner, Odell, Odell & Taft, for Petitioners.

1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.

This is a proceeding in certiorari, under the provisions of sections 67 and 68 of the “Public Utilities Act” of 1911 (Stats. Ex. Sess. 1911, p. 55), to review an order of the state railroad commission requiring the plaintiffs, as public service water companies, to install meters and lay service connections in the city of Glendale, without charge to the consumers.

The plaintiffs, respectively, on October 10, 1911, were and ever since have been engaged in the business of supplying water to the inhabitants of portions of the city of Glendale. They had each made and were enforcing a rule whereby…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Spring Valley Water Works v. City & County of San FranciscoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Hatch v. Consumers Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1909
  3. International Water Co. v. City of El PasoCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1908
  4. Pocatello Water Co. v. StandleyIdaho Supreme Court · 1900
  5. Consumers' Co. v. HatchSupreme Court of the United States · 1912

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Allen v. Railroad CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1918
  2. City of San Mateo v. Railroad CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1937
  3. Dyke Water Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1961
  4. Nord v. Butte Water Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1934
  5. Key System Transit Co. v. City of OaklandCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1932

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