Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co. v. State Corp. Commission

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, C. J.:

These consolidated appeals are from judgments of the district court, which upon review of an interim order of the State Corporation Commission fixing a minimum price of eight cents per thousand feet at the wellhead for natural gas taken from *724the Hugoton gas field, found the same lawful and reasonable and directed their enforcement.

What is commonly spoken of as the Hugoton gas field is approximately sixty miles long and forty miles wide, covering parts of several counties situated in the southwest corner of Kansas and extending south…