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BRUSH ELEC. CO. v. GALVESTON

No. 179.

262 U.S. 443 (1923)

43 S.Ct. 606

67 L.Ed. 1076

BRUSH ELECTRIC COMPANY v. CITY OF GALVESTON ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 4, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William H. Ambrecht, with whom Mr. Chas. A. Frueauff was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. James W. Wayman, with whom Mr. Frank S. Anderson was on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellant for many years has been operating an electric light and power plant in the City of Galveston, under a franchise reserving to the city the right to regulate rates.

In 1918 an ordinance was enacted increasing the rates then in force. By a subsequent ordinance, passed in 1919, these 1918 rates were decreased.

The present suit was brought...

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