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CENTRAL ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE CO. v. COMMERCE COM'N

No. 33350.

5 Ill.2d 195 (1955)

125 N.E.2d 269

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, Appellee, v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION et al. — (ILLINOIS ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY, Appellant.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 25, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FRANK E. TROBAUGH, of West Frankfort, and FRANKLIN U. STRANSKY, of Savanna, (FRANKLIN J. STRANSKY, of Chicago, of counsel,) for appellant.

FEIRICH & FEIRICH, of Carbondale, and STEVENS, HERNDON & NAFZIGER, of Springfield, for appellee.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, (HARRY R. BEGLEY, of counsel,) amicus curiae.

Judgment reversed; order of commission confirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

On May 1, 1928, the Western United Gas & Electric Company, which owned and operated an electric light generating plant and distribution system in Murphysboro, entered into a fifty-year contract to purchase all its electric power from Central Illinois Public Service Company, hereafter referred to as CIPS. CIPS agreed to meet all Western's requirements...

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