Willow River Power Co. v. Railroad Commission

The following opinion was filed June 18, 1928:

Eschweiler, J.

The utility here insists that the taking of the notes from the parties to the original contract with the utility providing for the payment in advance of the cost for the equipment and installation of the necessary wires for service in such territory as was here involved, could not be considered as payment and that such obligation was a continuing one, and that the Railroad' Commission was without power to compel the utility to now furnish service to new owners of the same premises, leaving unpaid the amounts due for the original…