Western Distributing Co. v. Public Service Commission

The appellant, a West Virginia corporation, owns and operates a distribution system for natural gas in Eldo rado, Kansas. August 17, 1920, rates for supplying local consumers were fixed by order of the Court of Industrial Relations of the State of Kansas, the body then vested with authority in the premises. July 30, 1929, the company filed application with the Public Service Commission,, one of the appellees, for an increase, averring that the existing rates were insufficient to produce a fair return, and asking an investigation and the establishment of such as would be just and equitable.

When…