Devlin

This is a proceeding to review a ruling of the Railroad Commission of the state of California, fixing the amount of compensation to be paid to the petitioner, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, by the city of Auburn, a municipal corporation, in Placer County, California, for a water plant consisting of reservoir and distributing system, owned and operated in said city by the petitioner.

The hearing before the Railroad Commission was had pursuant to the provisions of section 47 of the Public Utilities Act. The only questions raised are as to whether or not the commission in arriving at its valuation of the water property regularly pursued its authority under the act, and granted to the petitioner its constitutional right to just compensation.

The decision complained of followed a hearing on the application of the city of Auburn filed on the 10th of May, 1918. After hearings the commission on September 27, 1920, announced and filed its opinion, findings of fact, and decision, in which it determined the “just compensation to be paid by the city of Auburn to Pacific Gas and Electric Company for its public utility water system supplying water to consumers of said city ... in the sum…