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COLLINS v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

No. 45179.

293 S.W.2d 345 (1956)

C. Richard COLLINS and Floyd Collins, d/b/a Collins Brothers Oil Company, a Partnership, Appellants, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION of Missouri, Respondent, Laclede Gas Company, Co-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri. En Banc.

Rehearing Denied September 10, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. J. Middleton, Craig & Craig, Howard W. Campbell, Mount Vernon, Ill., Fordyce, Mayne, Hartman, Renard & Stribling, Nelson W. Hartman, Joseph R. Long, John P. Baird, Jr., St. Louis, for C. Richard Collins and Floyd Collins, d/b/a Collins Bros. Oil Co., appellants.

Glenn D. Evans, Gen. Counsel, Frank J. Iuen, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Jefferson City, for respondent Public Service Commission.

Thompson, Mitchell, Thompson & Douglas, Guy A. Thompson, James M. Douglas, Richard L. Eckhart, St. Louis, for corespondent Laclede Gas Co.

WESTHUES, Judge.

On August 29, 1953, the Laclede Gas Company of St. Louis, Missouri, filed application with the Public Service Commission seeking authority to exercise the power of eminent domain, as provided for in Sections 1-10A, Laws 1953, pp. 513-517, Sections 393.410-393.510 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S., to acquire subsurface rock formations underlying 6,000 acres of land in St. Louis County and in St. Charles County, Missouri, for the purpose of storing gas therein for...

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