Pocahontas v. Central Power and Light Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Randolph Circuit Court; Dene II. Coleman, Judg’e on exehang’e; STATEMENT OF FACTS. The Central Power & Light Company brought this suit in the circuit court under the statute against the mayor and common council of the town of Pocahontas to review and set aside an order made by them prescribing the rates for electric current for light and other purposes, to consumers in the town of Pocahontas, and to enjoin them from putting into effect said rates.
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Appeal from Randolph Circuit Court; Dene II. Coleman, Judg’e on exehang’e; STATEMENT OF FACTS. The Central Power & Light Company brought this suit in the circuit court under the statute against the mayor and common council of the town of Pocahontas to review and set aside an order made by them prescribing the rates for electric current for light and other purposes, to consumers in the town of Pocahontas, and to enjoin them from putting into effect said rates. L. R. Martin and other consumers of electricity in the town of Pocahontas were made parties defendants to the action because they had…
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, J.,
(after stating the facts). This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court under a holding that the electric light rates established by the town of Pocahontas under the provisions of act No. 124 of the General Assembly of 1921, after due notice to the Central Power & Light Company, are unreasonable and confiscatory, and approving the rale named by said Central Power & Light Company and put in force by it in furnishing electricity to 'consumers in the town of Pocahontas.
The Arkansas Corporation Commission was abolished by the act in question, and jurisdiction was conferred upon…
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