Department of Public Utilities v. Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
194 Ark. 354
Department of Public Utilities v. Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co.
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division
No. 4-4640.—Decided June 28, 1937.
- INTERSTATE COMMERCE—TRANSPORTATION OF GAS THROUGH PIPE LINES—TAPS FOR LOCAL CUSTOMERS.—An order issued by the Department of Public Utilities requiring appellee to file all schedules of rates was a valid order, and was not complied with when appellee failed to file schedule of rates to consumers served along its line who desired gas for industrial purposes; and the fact that the gas entered appellee's pipe line in Louisiana to be transported into and sold in Arkansas did not alter the situation nor exempt it from state control.
- INTERSTATE COMMERCE—ORIGINAL PACKAGE.—The original package of gas transported from one state to another is broken when it is turned into a city distribution plant, and this class of commerce is not to be distinguished from the sales made from its pipe lines to selected customers.
- INTERSTATE COMMERCE.—The business of supplying on demand local consumers with gas is a local business, even though the gas be brought from another state and drawn for distribution directly from mains which might also be used for interstate purposes.
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division; Richard M. Mann, Judge; reversed.
Thomas Fitzhugh, for appellants.
H. C. Walker, Jr., and Moore, Gray, Burrow & Chowning, for appellee.
P. A. Lasley, amicus curiae.
[Opinion of the court by Chief Justice GRIFFIN SMITH.]
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