Legal Opinion · Dissent

City of Rochester v. Rochester Gas & Electric Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided September 15, 1921Published

Submission of a controversy pursuant to section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure, between the above named parties, involving the authority ■and jurisdiction of Public Service Commission, Second District, of the State of New York, to order or permit the plaintiff to make a service charge of forty cents per consumer per month. Submission dismissed, without costs, on the authority of Woodruff v. People (193 N. Y. 560).

1Dissent

Kiley, J. (dissenting):

Previous to the 1st day of July, 1920, the Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation filed with the Public Service Commission,’ Second District, of the State of New York, its petition asking permission to so change and adjust its rates as to yield increased returns to said gas and electric corporation. The petition is not in the record and its exact form as to the relief asked does not appear. Notice of hearing, as provided by section 72 of the Public Service Commissions Law was given; hearings were had and evidence taken. On July 1, 1920, after such hearing was had, the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
  2. Pennsylvania Railroad v. Puritan Coal Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
  3. Trustees of the Village of Saratoga Springs v. Saratoga Gas, Electric Light & Power Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1908
  4. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. United States Ex Rel. Pitcairn Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1910
  5. New York Telephone Co. v. Siegel-Cooper Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1911

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