Public Utilities Commission v. Rhode Island Co.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
(Appeal of the town of West Warwick.) (Appeal of the city of Cranston.) (Appeal of the town of Cumberland.) (Appeal of the town of Warwick.) (Appeal of the town of Johnston.) (Appeal of the town of Burrillville.) (Appeal of the town of East Greenwich.) (Appeal of the city of Pawtucket.) (Appeal of the town of North Providence.) Appeal from order of Public Utilities Commission.
1Opinion
I believe that justice, equity and a due regard for public safety demands that these appeals should not be permitted to operate as a stay of the order of the Commission authorizing the Rhode Island Company to increase its rates to meet its operating expenses. I am however clearly of the opinion that the hearing before this court on Wednesday, October 22, 1919, was not only unnecessary and unwarranted but that the court was without jurisdiction to determine the matter which had already been determined by a single justice under the special powers conferred upon him by statute.
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