Public Utilities Commission ex rel. Dixon Water Co. v. City of Dixon

Prior to September 14, 1917, the Dixon Water Company, a public utility supplying water to the city of Dixon and the inhabitants, supplied water to about 1835 private consumers. The supply to 704 was measured by meters and charged for at fixed rates, and 1131 were charged a flat rate ■regardless of the amount of water supplied. On that day the water company filed its petition with the Public Utilities Commission for authority to supply all private consumers with water by meter measurement and to purchase the meters owned by consumers who were then supplied by meter and who owned their own…