Washington On Relation Of Public Utility District No. 1 Of Okanogan County V. Department Of Public Service

STEINERT, J. -- Two public utility districts, located in adjoining counties, filed with the department of public service of the state of Washington their separate complaints, each seeking to compel a power company operating in the same area to file with the department a schedule showing the rate at which it would furnish to the particular public utility district the power required by it in the operation of its alleged electrical properties. The power company demurred to each of the complaints, and the demurrers were sustained by the department. Upon proceedings by writs of review, in which the department of public service, its departmental heads, and the power company were named as defendants, the superior court, after a hearing, filed a memorandum opinion and entered judgment sustaining the action of the department. The public utility districts thereupon appealed to this court, and on the appeal the two causes have been consolidated for hearing and judgment.