Legal Opinion
Alabama Power Co. v. Alabama Public Service Commission
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 27, 1925No. 3 Div. 686PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
An order of the Public Service Commission may be reviewed on appeal, and it will be set aside and annulled when the order is unreasonable and unjust, or when it is in excess of the statutory jurisdiction, or when it is unconstitutional. R. R. Commission v. Ala. North. Ry., 182 Ala. 357. 62 So. 749; Commission v. L. & N. R. Co., 206 Ala. 326; 89 So. 524; So. Ry. Co. v. Commission, 210 Ala. 105, 97 So. 289; A. G. S. R. Co. v. Commission, 210 Ala. 151, 97 So. 226.
On appeal to the circuit court, the trial is de novo (Code, § 9835), and the order appealed- from is “presumed * * * to be just,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Railroad Commission v. Ala. North. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1913
- Alabama Great Southern R. v. Alabama Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
- Alabama Public Service Commission v. Louisville &. N. R.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1921
- Southern Ry. Co. v. Alabama Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
3Cited by5 opinions
- North Alabama Motor Express, Inc. v. RookisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
- City of Birmingham v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1937
- Oklahoma Cotton Ginners' Ass'n v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
- In Re Appeal of Beasley Bros.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1928
- Alabama Public Service Commission v. LindseySupreme Court of Alabama · 1930