Legal Opinion

Wingrove v. Public Service Commission

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided April 21, 1914PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Petition of A. A. "Wingrove and others for a writ of man-damns against the Public Service Commission and others.

1Opinion of the Court

POEEEIJBARGER, JUDGE :

A physician, a barber and the postmaster of the incorporated town of Scarbro in Fayette County, complain here by *191petition of the refusal of the Public Service Commission to order the White Oak Fuel Company, a corporation, on their complaint, to furnish them electricity for lighting purposes upon the usual and customary terms upon which it supplies such commodity to other persons similarly situated. Deeming the company in question not to be a public service corporation, the Public Service Commission refused the relief asked and dismissed the complaint.

The company’s…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Munn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. State v. HardenWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
  3. United Fuel Gas Co. v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
  4. Charleston Natural Gas Co. v. LoweWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1901

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Mill Creek Coal & Coke Co. v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1919
  2. State ex rel. M. O. Danciger & Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1918
  3. United Fuel Gas Company v. BattleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1969
  4. Wilhite v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1966
  5. Natural Gas Service Co. v. Serv-Yu Cooperative, Inc.Arizona Supreme Court · 1950

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