Newton v. Kings County Lighting Co., 258 U.S. 180 (1922)

Newton v. Kings County Lighting Company


No. 295


Argued January 5, 6, 1922
Decided March 6, 1922
258 U.S. 180

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

Syllabus

Approving the conclusion of the master and of the district court that the gas rate imposed on appellee under New York Laws, 1906, c. 125; 1916, c. 604, had become confiscatory.

268 F. 143 affirmed.

Appeal from a decree enjoining enforcement of a statutory gas rate as confiscatory. See also the preceding cases, ante,165, 178.