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NEWTON V. NEW YORK & QUEENS GAS CO., 258 U. S. 178 (1922)

258 U. S. 178

U.S. Supreme Court

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

Newton v. New York & Queens Gas Company

No. 296

Argued January 6, 1922

Decided March 6, 1922

258 U.S. 178

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.2d 7 affirmed.

Appeal from a decree enjoining enforcement of a statutory gas rate as confiscatory. See also the cases ante, 258 U. S. 165, and post, 258 U. S. 180. clubjuris

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