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- Title: Wisconsin Power & Light Co. v. Berlin
- Author : Supreme Court of Wisconsin
- Release Date : January 07, 1957
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 70 KB
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On December 10, 1953, Wisconsin Power & Light Company commenced action against Berlin Tanning & Manufacturing Company
to recover for public utility gas service. The complaint alleged in substance that from May 17, 1951, to September 18, 1953, plaintiff furnished public utility gas
service to defendant; that plaintiff installed a meter on defendant's premises; that the meter has a front accumulative indicator
or index; that the reading on the index when multiplied by 1000 equals the number of standard cubic feet of gas used; that
the words 'front index multiplied by 1000' appear on the meter open to visual inspection; that in addition to a fixed charge
of 75 per month, the applicable schedule of rates provides a charge for the number of hundreds of cubic feet used per month;
that in order to compute the charge, the reading on the meter must be multiplied by 1000 and then divided by 100 in order
to compute the number of hundreds of cubic feet and that the same result is reached if the meter reading is multiplied by
10; that during the period covered by the complaint the meter was read by plaintiff's employees; that the readings were not
multiplied by 10 and that in rendering monthly bills the plaintiff billed the defendant for 1/10th of the number of hundreds
of cubic feet actually furnished; that as soon as the mistake was discovered the plaintiff called the attention of the defendant
to it; that the defendant refused to make payment of the balance; that the correct billing for gas furnished was $26,361;
that the defendant had paid the sum of $3,440.79 and that the balance owing to the plaintiff was the sum of $22,920.21; that
plaintiff's schedule of rates was on file at all times with the public service commission and that a copy was at all times
on file in the office of the plaintiff at Berlin in such form and place as to be readily accessible to the public.