Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. v. Blanchard

TALIAFERRO, Judge.

Plaintiff owns and operates a gas utility in the City of Shreveport, Louisiana, and by means of a system of pipe lines sells and delivers natural gas to domestic, commercial and industrial customers, and has done so for a number of years. It formulates, adopts and enforces rules and regulations, including schedules of rates, designed to govern its relationship with its customers, all within the purview of orders of the Louisiana Public Service Commission.

Defendant, prior to year 1933, operated in or near the City of Shreveport, what he refers to as a “shop”, and during that…