Brewer
Brewer v. Railroad Commission
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Richards, J.
This is an application of John C. Brewer and a large number of other users of the water of the Cuyamaca Water Company for a writ of review wherein it is sought to have reviewed and annulled certain orders of the Railroad Commission affecting the rates paid and to be paid by said applicants for the use of water of the said company upon their respective premises. The immediate subjects of review are three separate proceedings instituted before the commission affecting such' rates but which were ordered by the commission to be heard together upon the same evidence as to each proceeding. These were: First, a proceeding instituted April 15, 1919, by the Cuyamaca Water Company, a copartnership maintaining a water system in the county of San Diego for distribution of water for agricultural and domestic uses, seeking a general increase in the water rates of said company; second, a proceeding instituted shortly thereafter by the same applicant for an emergency surcharge upon its rates then in effect; third, a proceeding instituted by Robert Ross et al., embracing a considerable number of the petitioners herein who were domestic users of water of said copartnership, charging unjust and…