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MILWAUKEE v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMM.

268 Wis. 116 (1954)

CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Appellant, vs. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

November 9, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Walter J. Mattison, city attorney, and Richard F. Maruszewski and John F. Cook, assistant city attorneys, and oral argument by Mr. Maruszewski and Mr. Cook.

For the respondent Public Service Commission there was a brief by the Attorney General and William E. Torkelson, chief counsel, and oral argument by Mr. Torkelson.

For the respondent General Motors Corporation there was a brief and oral argument by Emmet Horan of Milwaukee.

For the intervenor-respondent city of Glendale there was a brief by C. R. Dineen, city attorney, and William C. Dineen and Frank C. Kenney of Milwaukee of counsel, and oral argument by William C. Dineen.

MARTIN, J.

Appellant challenges the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission to make the order here in question.

The water system of the city of Milwaukee is a public utility subject to regulation as is any other public utility, Pabst Corp. v. Milwaukee (1926), 190 Wis. 349, 208 N. W. 493; Flottum v. Cumberland (1940), 234 Wis. 654, 291 N. W. 777; and it is well established that in maintaining and...

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