State Ex Rel. Huffman v. Sho-Me Power Co-Operative

Original proceeding in this court in the nature of quo warranto to oust respondent, Sho-Me Power Co-Operative, from operating as a public utility corporation in generating, selling and distributing electric energy. That company, hereafter called Co-Op, had been incorporated under our statutes authorizing the formation of corporations to conduct agricultural or mercantile- business on a co-operative plan. On January 14, 1946, we rendered an opinion [354 Mo. 892, 191 S. W. (2d) 971] holding that Co-Op could not legally conduct the business of a public utility. We issued a writ of ouster, but…