State ex rel. Helm v. Kansas Natural Gas Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

Plaintiff seeks to compel the defendant to reestablish and maintain a rate of thirty-five cents a thousand for gas .delivered by it to distributing companies operating in a number of cities in the eastern part of the state. The defendant has filed its return and answer to the petition of the plaintiff. To that return and answer the plaintiff has filed a combined reply and demurrer. The cause is presented on the demurrer to the answer. '

The facts disclosed by the pleadings, so far as necessary to state them for the consideration of the…