State ex rel. M. O. Danciger & Co. v. Public Service Commission
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. G. A. B.urney, ■ Judge. (1) The relator is engaged in a business of the kind defined in the Public Service Act, and is subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission by the plain terms of the act. Subsections 1 and 5 of Section 16 and Subsections 12 and 13 of Section 2, Publ. Serv. Act of 1913. (2) The nature and extent of the business done by relator constitutes it a public service company.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. G. A. B.urney, ■ Judge. (1) The relator is engaged in a business of the kind defined in the Public Service Act, and is subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission by the plain terms of the act. Subsections 1 and 5 of Section 16 and Subsections 12 and 13 of Section 2, Publ. Serv. Act of 1913. (2) The nature and extent of the business done by relator constitutes it a public service company. Neither a corporate charter as a public service company, nor a franchise from a city, nor the lack of them, are determinative. The nature of the business and of…
1Opinion of the CourtFaris, J.
This is an appeal by the Public Service Commission and others from a judgment of the circuit court of Jackson County, annulling an order of the Public Service Commission (hereinafter called for brevity simply “Commission”) in a case wherein one W. H. Roach, was complainant. After the conventional motions, the Commission and the complainant appealed.
This case is one of three of similar character and bottomed upon identically similiar facts. The relief *487severally sought was an order upon M. O. Danciger (trading as M. O. Danciger & Company) to compel him to restore electric service to the…
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