Central Kentucky Natural Gas Co. v. Railroad Commission of Kentucky

The plaintiff, a Kentucky corporation, is engaged in the sale and distribution of natural gas in the city of Lexington, Ky., under a franchise granted to it by the city on February 25, 1927, under the provisions of sections 163 and 164 of the Constitution of Kentucky. While the franchise goes into much detail as to the duties and obligations of the plaintiff in distributing and selling natural gas to consumers, it does not fix the rate to be charged for such service. Lexington, under the law of Kentucky, is a city of the second class. Charters of cities of the second class confer upon such…