Charleston Consolidated Railway & Lighting Co. v. Council of Charleston

Citations

• 75 S.E. 390
• 92 S.C. 127
• 1912 S.C. LEXIS 125

Syllabus

<p>Cities ahd Towns — OrdiNauces—Corpoiíatiohs—Lights.-—Under the ordinance granting a franchise to the Charleston Consolidated Railway and Lighting Co. to furnish light, heat and power to the city of Charleston and its citizens, the power is reserved to the city council to fix rates and the acceptance by the company of this franchise grants to the city council that power.</p> <p>The State by enacting the statute, 27 Stats., 551, providing- for a commission to fix rates in the cities and towns of the State, did not thereby take away from the city this power, but it remains until a commission appointed under the statute fixes rates for the city, unless the rates fixed by the city council under the franchise contract are unreasonable.</p>