Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Public Utilities Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from llie Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Bill by the Potomac Electric Power Company, and cross-bill by the Washington. Railway & Electric Company, against the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia and others, to review the findings of the Commission as to the value of the property o£ the plaintiff actually used for the convenience of the public.
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Appeal from llie Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Bill by the Potomac Electric Power Company, and cross-bill by the Washington. Railway & Electric Company, against the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia and others, to review the findings of the Commission as to the value of the property o£ the plaintiff actually used for the convenience of the public. From a decree dismissing the bill and the cross-bill, the plaintiff and cross-complainant appealed;
1Opinion of the Court
ROBB, Associate Justice.
This, is an appeal from a decree in the Supreme Court of the District dismissing the bill of the Potomac Electric Power Company and the cross-bill of the Washington Railway & Electric Company, seeking a review of the findings of the Public Utilities Commission of the District oí Columbia as to the value of the property of the Power Company “actually used and useful *328for the convenience of the public.” See act creating the Public Utilities Commission, 37 Stat. 974.
Paragraph 7 of the act provides that—
■' “The Commission shall value the property of every public utility…
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