State Ex Rel. Kansas City v. Public Service Commission

I respectfully dissent. The basic issue in this case is the extent of power and authority of the Public Service Commission (hereinafter P.S.C.). Put in a more limited way and applicable to this case, the question is whether the adoption of the P.S.C. Act, now § 389.640, RSMo 1969, (hereinafter the Act), by the State of Missouri rendered contracts between certain types of parties, to wit: railroads, which are subject to the jurisdiction of the P.S.C., and municipalities, which prior to the adoption of the Act exercised their police power with respect to railroads by contracts with or…