City of Hutchinson v. Hutchinson Gas Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Reno county, wherein the defendant, the Hutchinson Gas Company, was enjoined from putting into effect a schedule of rates for gas for domestic consumption in Hutchinson pending a final determination of litigation over the gas rates prescribed by the public service commission.

It appears that for some years prior to November 14, 1925, the domestic rate for gas in the city of Hutchinson was 60 cents per thousand cubic feet, plus a service charge of 75 cents. On November 14, 1925, the…