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PUBLIC UTIL. COMMRS. v. MANILA ELEC. R.R. CO.

No. 230.

249 U.S. 262 (1919)

39 S.Ct. 272

63 L.Ed. 596

BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS v. MANILA ELECTRIC RAILROAD & LIGHT COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 24, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward S. Bailey for appellant and plaintiff in error.

Mr. Robert H. Neilson, with whom Mr. Paul D. Cravath and Mr. Sherman Woodward were on the brief, for appellee and defendant in error.

Memorandum opinion by MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE.

The Manila Electric Railroad & Light Company, the appellee, operated in the City of Manila a street railway and an electric light and power plant by virtue of a franchise conferred by an ordinance adopted in 1902 by the City in the exercise of a power given it by the local legislative authority.

From the beginning, in giving effect to the provision of the franchise...

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