People ex rel. Kings County Lighting Co. v. Willcox
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 25th day of November, 1911, directed to William R. Will-cox and others, composing and constituting the Public Service Commission of the State of New York for the first district, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of New York all and singular their proceedings had in fixing the rate to be charged by the relator for gas for the years 1912 and 1913.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
The Kings County Lighting Company was incorporated May 25, 1904, with an authorized capital stock of $2,000,000, and on July 1, 1904, was merged with the previously existing Kings County Gras and Illuminating Company which had been incorporated December 18, 1889, and had supplied gas since October, 1891.
Upon complaint duly lodged the Public Service Commission undertook an investigation as to the reasonableness of the rates charged, and finally fixed certain rates for the future. The Commission determined that the fair value of the property of the company, for the' purpose of rate…
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