REPUBLIC NATURAL GAS CO. v. ST. CORPORATION COMMISSION

Nos. 38,630, 38,631

173 Kan. 172 (1952)

244 P.2d 1196

REPUBLIC NATURAL GAS COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant, v. THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee. NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant, v. THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed June 7, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gayle E. Stahl, of Omaha, Neb., argued the cause and Lawrence I. Shaw, of Omaha, Neb., was with him on the briefs for the appellant, Northern Natural Gas Company; Carl T. Smith, of Wichita, argued the cause, and George Siefkin, George B. Powers, Samuel E. Bartlett, John F. Eberhardt, Stuart R. Carter and Robert C. Foulston, all of Wichita, and J.S. Brollier, of Hugoton, were with him on the briefs for the appellant, Republic Natural Gas Company.

Jay Kyle, general counsel, of Topeka, and W.P. Wesley, special counsel, of Ulysses, argued the cause and H.W. Stubbs, special counsel, of Ulysses, was with them on the briefs for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

SMITH, J.:

These are two appeals from judgments of the district court refusing to set aside orders of the corporation commission. They were consolidated here.

The controversies grow out of the activity of the corporation commission in administering G.S. 1949, 55-701 to 55-713, commonly known as the Natural Gas Conservation Statute. These sections were enacted as chapter...

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