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OHIO VALLEY WATER CO. v. BEN AVON BOROUGH

No. 128.

253 U.S. 287 (1920)

40 S.Ct. 527

64 L.Ed. 908

OHIO VALLEY WATER COMPANY v. BEN AVON BOROUGH ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William Watson Smith and Mr. John G. Buchanan, with whom Mr. George B. Gordon was on the briefs, for plaintiff in error.1

Mr. Berne H. Evans and Mr. Leonard K. Guiler, with whom Mr. David L. Starr and Mr. Albert G. Liddell were on the briefs, for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

Acting upon a complaint charging plaintiff in error, a water company, with demanding unreasonable rates, the Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania instituted an investigation and took evidence. It found the fair value of the company's property to be $924,744 and ordered establishment of a new and lower schedule which would yield seven per centum thereon over and...

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