Supreme Court of the United States May 12, 1924, 565 (Newton v. Consolidated Gas Co. of NY)

Mr. Chief Justice Taft

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was an equitable action to enjoin the continued enforcement of c. 125 of the Laws of New York of 1906, which fixed at 80 cents a thousand feet the price at which gas was to be furnished to private consumers in the various boroughs in the City of New York, on the ground that the rate was confiscatory and violated the rights of the