PUB. UTIL. COMM. v. ATTLEBORO CO.

No. 217.

273 U.S. 83 (1927)

PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF RHODE ISLAND ET AL. v. ATTLEBORO STEAM & ELECTRIC COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 3, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. R.W. Boyden and Arthur M. Allen, with whom Messrs. Charles P. Sisson and Frank D. Comerford were on the brief, for the petitioners.

Mr. Robert G. Dodge, with whom Messrs. Archibald C. Matteson and Harold S. Davis were on the brief, for the respondent.


MR. JUSTICE SANFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case involves the constitutional validity of an order of the Public Utilities Commission of Rhode Island putting into effect a schedule of prices applying to the sale of electric current in interstate commerce.

The Narragansett Electric Lighting Company is a Rhode Island corporation engaged in manufacturing electric current at its generating plant in the city of Providence and selling such current...

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