FORT SMITH SPELTER CO. v. GAS CO.

No. 266.

267 U.S. 231 (1925)

FORT SMITH SPELTER COMPANY v. CLEAR CREEK OIL & GAS COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1925.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Tom M. Mehaffy, Mr. James W. Mehaffy and Mr. James S. Holt for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Joseph M. Hill and Mr. Henry L. Fitzhugh for defendant in error. Mr. Thomas B. Pryor and Mr. Vincent M. Miles were also on the brief.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Clear Creek Oil & Gas Company, a corporation of Arkansas, petitioned the Corporation Commission of the State for an increase of rates for gas used by smelters and the like. The Fort Smith Spelter Company objected on the ground that it received the gas under a private contract made by the Gas Company, when it was a private corporation, with two men to whose rights...

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