State v. Independence Gas Co.

*713The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

On January 5, 1912, in the district court of Montgomery county, thé attorney-general commenced an action in quo warranto against the Independence Gas Company, The Consolidated Gas, Oil, and Manufacturing Company, and the Kansas Natural Gas Company; and, in the petition in, that action, chárged that the defendants had violated the antitrust statutes of the state. The Kansas Natural Gas Company was then engaged in the transportation of natural gas through the eastern part/of the state to the Wyandotte County Gas Company in Y/yandotte county,…