HICKS v. CITY OF MONROE UTILITIES COMMISSION

No. 44444.

112 So.2d 635 (1959)

237 La. 848

Donald E. HICKS et al. v. CITY OF MONROE UTILITIES COMMISSION et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 25, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Snellings, Jr., Haynes L. Harkey, Jr., Monroe, for applicants.

Frank H. Peterman, Alexandria, Arthur C. Watson, Natchitoches, Frank Voelker, Jr., Lake Providence, Edward F. LeBlanc, Abbeville, Edward N. Engolio, Plaquemine, amici curiae.

Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh, Monroe, for plaintiffs-respondents.


PONDER, Justice.

We granted a review in this case because it presented important issues that had not heretofore been passed upon by this Court.

The relators are contending that the Court of Appeal erred in confusing the legality of rate classification with legality of rate; in holding that the rate classification was unlawful; and in substituting its judgment for the judgment of the administrative commission charged with that authority and responsibility....

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