Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Empire District Electric Co. v. Public Service Commission
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided December 14, 1936PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFrank, J.
This is an appeal by the Empire District Electric Company, a Kansas corporation, from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Cole County affirming an order of the Public Service .Commission. For brevity we will refer to relator as the company and to respondents as the commission.
This cause was instituted by the commission on its own motion against the company to determine the fair value of the company’s property. The commission made an appraisal of the company’s properties and an audit of its books and accounts. Thereafter hearings were had before the commission as to the value of the company’s…
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