Southern California Edison Co. v. Railroad Commission

By this proceeding the petitioner seeks to annul the -decision and order of the Railroad Commission purporting to fix the just compensation to be paid by the City of Tulare for certain lands, properties and rights of the petitioner, constituting the electrical distributing system of the petitioner within that city.

The jurisdiction of the commission to make a decision such as the one here complained of is conferred by article XII, section 23a, of the California Constitution, which reads as follows: 1 ‘ The railroad commission shall have and exercise such power and jurisdiction as shall be conferred upon it by the legislature to fix the just compensation to be paid for the taking of any property of a public utility in eminent domain proceedings by the state or any county, city and county, incorporated city or town, municipal water district, irrigation district or other public corporation or district, and the right of the legislature to confer such powers upon the railroad commission is hereby declared to be plenary and to be unlimited by any provision of this Constitution. All acts of the legislature heretofore adopted which are in accordance herewith are hereby confirmed and…