Rutland Railway Light & Power Co. v. Burditt Bros.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action of Contract. Plea, the general issue. Heard on an agreed statement of facts by the Rutland City Court, Rutland County, G. M. Goddard, Judge. Judgment pro forma for the defendants. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtMiles, J.
The only question in this case is whether a public service corporation, furnishing electric energy under an express contract with one of its customers, for a term of years, at a specified rate, can of its own motion, and without the consent of its customer, or action on the part of the Public Service Commission, during the term of the contract, change the contract rate to a higher rate, and recover against the customer, a rate ex*422ceeding the rate fixed in the contract, by simply filing a schedule of the increased rate with the Public Service Commission.
[1] That the rate charged for electricity…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Armour Packing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Leiper v. Baltimore & Philadelphia RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
- Union Dry Goods Co. v. Georgia Public Service Corp.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1914
- City of Dawson v. Dawson Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1911
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- Town of West Rutland v. Rutland Railway Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1923
- Jones v. Montpelier & Barre Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1923
- Attleboro Steam & Electric Co. v. Narragansett Electric Lighting Co.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1924