Welsbach Street Lighting Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

Owing to the inconvenience to which the city of Scammon- is subjected in the matter of providing its street lighting while this litigation is pending and unconcluded, the decision in this case should be handed down at once, although a formal opinion thereon may require considerable time for its preparation. To prevent parties interested from being *439misled by a decision without an accompanying opinion, the views of the court will be briefly outlined:

The contract between the 'Welsbach Company and the American Gas Company, which expired on May 1, 1916, was not extended by the public utilities…