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GEORGIA RY. v. R.R. COMM.

No. 298.

262 U.S. 625 (1923)

43 S.Ct. 680

67 L.Ed. 1144

GEORGIA RAILWAY & POWER COMPANY ET AL. v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 11, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. L.Z. Rosser and Mr. Robert G. Dodge, with whom Mr. Jack J. Spalding, Mr. Walter T. Colquitt, Mr. J. Prince Webster and Mr. Linton C. Hopkins were on the briefs, for appellants.

Mr. E.J. Reagan for appellees.

Mr. Wm. Chamberlain, by leave of court, filed a brief as amicus curiae.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The gas supply of Atlanta is furnished by the Georgia Railway & Power Company. Authority to fix public utility rates is vested by law in the Railroad Commission. On September 20, 1921, the Commission called upon the Georgia Company to show cause why the then maximum rate, $1.65 per 1000 cubic feet, should not be reduced; and hearings were duly had. The company insisted that under the proposed rate the net...

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