Newton v. New York & Queens Gas Co., 258 U.S. 178 (1922)

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Newton v. New York & Queens Gas Company


No. 296


Argued January 6, 1922
Decided March 6, 1922
258 U.S. 178

APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

Syllabus

Approving the conclusion of the master and the district court that a gas rate fixed under Laws New York, 1906, c. 125, had become confiscatory.

269 F. 277 affirmed.

Appeal from a decree enjoining enforcement of a statutory gas rate as confiscatory. See also the cases ante,165, and post,180.