State Ex Rel. Cities Service Gas Co. v. Public Service Commission

(dissenting). — The Commission ruled that the Pipe Line was engaged in intrastate business by selling and distributing industrial gas to consumers both inside and outside the cities of this State. English, C., in concurring, was of the opinion that the facts warranted the ruling on the further ground that the Pipe Line had destroyed the corporate entity of the distributing companies.

Tne majority opinion reverses the judgment of the circuit court affirming the ruling of the Commission. It states that the, Pipe Line admitted that it was a public utility. If so, and it is distributing gas in…