Snell v. Clinton Electric Light, Heat & Power Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of DeWitt county; the Hon. W. G. Cochran, Judge, presiding. This was a petition for mandamus, filed in the circuit court of DeWitt county, to compel appellee to furnish appellant with electricity for lighting his house, as is alleged, upon the same terms and conditions that it required from its other consumers.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of DeWitt county; the Hon. W. G. Cochran, Judge, presiding. This was a petition for mandamus, filed in the circuit court of DeWitt county, to compel appellee to furnish appellant with electricity for lighting his house, as is alleged, upon the same terms and conditions that it required from its other consumers. The petition alleged that appellee refused to connect its wires with appellant’s house unless he would pay for a transformer or converter, in addition to the usual charge for…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
The trial court e vidently held that the law applicable to the facts as found by the jury justified the awarding of the writ, for it refused to hold the proposition of law submitted on that question by appellee, while the Appellate Court, was of the contrary opinion, for it made no finding of facts different from those found by the jury and the court below. The only question here is, therefore, whether or not, upon the evidence as found, the appellee made an unjust discrimination against appellant in charging him for a transformer in addition to the regular rates for electric lighting.
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