Adams

The present is a motion to dissolve a temporary restraining order and to dismiss the bill of complaint filed in this court by the plaintiff, Adams, against the defendants, Decoto and his associates, constituting the Railroad Commission of the state of California.

The record shows that the plaintiff, Adams, was at the time referred to in the bill the owner and operator of a public utility domestic water system located in the city of Los *222 Angeles, and has been such owner and operator at all times since on or about March 22, 1924, operating the same under the fictitious name of “Vermont Water Company”; that the defendant Railroad Commission of California on September 4,1926, instituted an investigation into the reasonableness of the rates, charges, practices, contracts, rules-and regulations, and schedules and conditions of service of such operation by the plaintiff; that the order instituting the investigation was served upon Adams on or about September 20, 1926, which proceeding so instituted was designated by the commission as its case No. 2276; that a public hearing regarding the matter was held in the city of Los Angeles November 3, 1926; and that on the 23d 'day of…