Stratton v. Railroad Commission
California Supreme Court
PROCEEDING in Certiorari to review an order of the Railroad Commission increasing water rates. Order annulled. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Harris, Johnson, Willey & Griffith, Johnston & Jones and James E. Kelhy for Petitioners.
1Opinion of the CourtOlney, J.
A corporation known as the Empire Water
Company had been serving the .land owners in a certain tract with water for irrigation at the price of one dollar per acre per annum. The company applied to the Railroad Commission for an increased rate, the application was granted over the objection of some of the land owners, and the latter have applied to this court for a writ of review annulling the order of the commission. The ground on which the writ is asked is that the relation between the water company and the land owners is not that of a public utility and consumers, so that the matter of rates…
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