Legal Opinion
Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. v. Hart
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 19, 1941No. Gen. No. 41,578PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McSurely
Mary Sowers and John Nelson asked leave to file an intervening petition on behalf of themselves and other gas customers of the Peoples Gas Light and Coke Co.; it alleged the gas company had collected from petitioners and others excessive charges for its services and that it should be required to pay interest at the legal rate upon such excessive charges. Leave to file this petition was denied by the circuit court, and Sowers and Nelson (hereafter called petitioners) appeal.
A short summary of this litigation is necessary. September 1, 1936, the gas company filed its complaint in the circuit…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Osborn v. Bank of United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Arkadelphia Milling Co. v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. v. SlatteryIllinois Supreme Court · 1939
- In Re Engelhard & Sons Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Taylor v. MinorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1890
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