Mississippi Public Service Commission v. Dixie Land & Water Co.

SULLIVAN, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The appeal before this Court arises from the November 8, 1996, Order of the Lowndes County Chancery Court on appeal, which reversed the order by the Mississippi *1087Public Service Commission (hereafter MPSC) and directed the MPSC to allow the Company’s water rate increase of $22,708 annually and the Company’s sewer rate increase of $18,783 annually. The chancery court based its decision on its finding that the order by the MPSC was arbitrary, not supported by substantial evidence, and contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence. The Chancellor…