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Phil. Manufacturing Co. Vs. Board Of Public Utility Commissioners 040 Phil 285

PHILIPPINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY and RIZAL REFINING COMPANY, petitioners, vs. BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS, as created by section 19 of Act NO. 2694, MANILA OIL REFINING & BY-PRODUCTS COMPANY, and MANILA ELECTRIC RAILROAD & LIGHT COMPANY, respondents.

G.R. No. 15744 | 1919-10-20

D E C I S I O N


STREET, J .:

This is an original proceeding in the Supreme Court in the nature of an application for a writ of certiorari instituted pursuant to the provisions of section 20 of Act No. 2694 for the purpose of superseding and annulling an order promulgated on August 19, 1919, by the Honorable Mariano Cui, as Public Utility Commissioner, relative to the distribution of electrical energy by the Manila Electric Railroad and Light Company among the factories engaged in the production of coconut oil in the city of Manila. The facts are sufficiently stated in the course of the opinion.

It is well-known that owing to conditions...