State Ex Rel. Hales v. Public Service Co.

S. W. Hales, a resident taxpayer of Tulsa, hereinafter referred to as relator, instituted this action in the district court of Tulsa county against the Public Service Company, hereinafter referred to as defendant, under the provisions of sections 5964 and 5965, O. S. 1931, 62 Okla. St. Ann. §§ 372 and 373, wherein relator sought recovery for said city of an undetermined sum of money alleged to have been paid to defendant by virtue of an illegal rate charged to said city for electric current used for street lighting purposes. The prayer of the petition was that the court determine the amount…