State ex rel. Randall v. Litchfield

Citations

• 97 Kan. 592
• 155 P. 814
• 1916 Kan. LEXIS 357

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Gas — Olathe Gas Company — Agent and Distributor for Kansas Natural Gas Company — Rates Subject to Control of Utilities Commission. Under the provisions of a contract herein set forth between the Olathe Gas Company, which had a franchise from the city for the sale and distribution of gas to the inhabitants of the city, and a gas company which had a trunk line through the state and furnished gas to this and other companies, to be distributed and sold by them to their patrons, and also under the agreed facts herein, it is held, that the Olathe Gas Company is acting as the agent of the trunk-line company in the distribution and sale of gas, and that it is therefore subject to the jurisdiction and control of the public utilities commission in the matter of fixing rates to be charged for gas sold to consumers.</p>