Samuel Edwards Associates v. Railroad Commission

In this proceeding, petitioners, who are consumers of irrigation water in Ventura County, seek annulment of certain orders of the respondent Railroad Commission declaring that Piru Water Company, a defunct corporation, and the individual respondents are conducting and operating a public utility, and fixing the rates to be charged for water supplied to consumers for irrigation purposes.

From the return of the Railroad Commission, filed in response to the writ issued herein, it appears that on May 24, 1923, the Piru Water Company and the individual respondents herein filed with the Railroad…