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Some Questions In Connection With State Rate Regulation, Guy A. Miller Dec 1909

Some Questions In Connection With State Rate Regulation, Guy A. Miller

Michigan Law Review

There are probably few questions of greater interest, both present and future, than those which concern the relations between corporations performing the so-called public services on the one hand, and their immediate patrons and the general public on the other. These questions relate to the quality and safety of the services rendered, to the rights of all members of the public to receive service without discrimination, and to the charges which may be exacted for those services. To a great extent they involve matters of public policy and economics, rather than those which are strictly legal in nature, while even …


Note And Comment, Edward S. Rogers, Horace Lafayette Wilgus, Edward A. Macdonald, Floyd Olds, J. Fred Bingham, Michael F. Shannon, Sidney F. Duffey Mar 1909

Note And Comment, Edward S. Rogers, Horace Lafayette Wilgus, Edward A. Macdonald, Floyd Olds, J. Fred Bingham, Michael F. Shannon, Sidney F. Duffey

Michigan Law Review

The Doctrine of Unfair Trade; Valuing Property and Franchises of Public Service Corporations for Fixing Rates; Right of the Interstate Commerce Commission to Adduce Testimony; Rule in Shelley's Case controls Estate Created by Deed to Trustee; The Right of the Garnishee to Dispose of Goods in His Possession While the Litigation is Pending; The Police Power, Billboards and Sky Signs; How Far the Record of Voting Machines is Conclusive;


Valuing Property And Franchises Of Public Service Corporations For Fixing Rates, Horace Lafayette Wilgus Jan 1909

Valuing Property And Franchises Of Public Service Corporations For Fixing Rates, Horace Lafayette Wilgus

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The Supreme Court of the United States has recently decided two important cases relating to the proper valuation of the property of public service corporations for the purpose of fixing rates to be charged for their services. These are Knoxille v. Knoxville Water Company, 211 U. S.--. 29 S. C. 148, and Willcox Y. Consolidated Gas Co.. -- U. S. --. 29 S. C. 192,a both decided January 4, 1909.