Dickinson v. Southwestern Natural Gas Co.

This is an action in mandamus by one public utility to compel another to furnish it gas for resale to consumers in the city of Muskogee. It is presented on appeal from a judgment of the district court of Muskogee county denying a peremptory writ.

The Cherokee Public Service Company is a public utility engaged in wholesaling gas for resale through a distributing company to ultimate consumers in Muskogee and other cities and towns in the same section of the state. Apparently only one distributing company purchases1 from it, namely, the Municipal Gas Company, which has distributing systems in…