KANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE CO. v. STATE CORPORATION COMM.

No. 44,965

199 Kan. 736 (1967)

433 P.2d 572

THE KANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, INC., a Corporation, Appellant, v. STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF KANSAS: William L. Mitchell, Chairman; James O. Greenleaf, and Harry G. Wiles, as members of said Commission, and their respective successors in office, and UNION GAS SYSTEM, INC., a Corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed November 13, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Olin K. Petefish, of Lawrence, and Richard C. Byrd, of Ottawa, argued the cause, and James L. Postma and Peter K. Curran, of Lawrence, and Robert A. Anderson, of Ottawa, were with them on the brief for appellant.

E. Edward Johnson, general counsel for the State Corporation Commission, Donald S. Hults, of Lawrence, and Blake A. Williamson, of Kansas City, argued the cause, and Jeff A. Robertson, of Topeka, was with them on the brief for appellees.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FATZER, J.:

The appellant, Kansas Public Service Company, Inc., has appealed from the judgment of the district court of Douglas County sustaining an order of the State Corporation Commission which certified territory immediately adjacent to the city of Lawrence, Kansas, to the appellee, Union Gas System, Inc., to transact the business of a gas public utility. The area certified...

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