Legal Opinion

Mayfield Gas Co. v. Public Service Commission

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided June 12, 1953PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DUNCAN, Justice.

The appellant, Mayfield Gas Company, Inc., instituted this action against the Public Service Commission to enjoin the Commission from enforcing an order entered by it on October 14, 1952, effecting a reduction in gas rates in the City of Mayfield, Kentucky. The lower court declined to grant the injunction, sustained the Commission’s general demurrer, and dismissed appellant’s petition. Enforcement of the order was stayed in this Court, pending the disposition of the appeal.

The appellant is a public utility distributing natural gas to the City of Mayfield and its environs.…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ohio Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  2. Wisconsin Telephone Co. v. Public Service CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1939
  3. Jordan v. American Eagle Fire Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1948
  4. Farmers' Elevator Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1915
  5. In Re Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co.'s Protest of RatesNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1940

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Arkansas Public Service Commission v. Continental Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1978
  2. Buchholz v. Board of Adjustment of Bremer CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1972
  3. Southern Pacific Co. v. ARIZONA CORPORATION COM'NArizona Supreme Court · 1965
  4. North State, Astor, Lake Shore Drive Ass'n v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1970
  5. American Tobacco Co. v. SalleeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1967

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