Arkansas Natural Gas Co. v. Norton Co.

Separate suits were brought by the Norton Company and the American Bauxite Company against the Arkansas Natural Gas Company in the chancery court to recover overcharges for gas furnished by the defendant, and also to enjoin the defendant from cutting off the supply of gas of the plaintiff. The cases involve in the main the same issues, and were consolidated for the purpose of trial.

The Norton Company is a corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing grinding wheels, and has a plant at Bauxite, in Saline1 County, Arkansas, for the drying of bauxite, which it uses in its business.

The…