State Ex Rel. City of Sikeston v. Public Service Commission

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Cole County affirming an order of the Public Service Commission, which denied an application made by the City of Sikeston. The city's application, to the commission, stated that the Missouri Utilities Company was maintaining an electric light and power distribution system in the streets of the city after its franchise to do so had expired; that it had refused to remove its poles and wires therefrom after it had been directed to do so by resolution of the city council; and that the city owned and maintained a municipal electric light…