Case Name: CITY OF COLUMBIA v. TATUM ET AL.
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1934-12-01
Citations: 174 S.C. 366
Docket Number: 13953
Parties: CITY OF COLUMBIA v. TATUM ET AL.
Judges: Messrs. Justices Stabeer, and G. Dewey Oxner and Mr. Acting Associate Justice A. B. Gaston, concur.
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 174
Pages: 366–395

Head Matter:
13953
CITY OF COLUMBIA v. TATUM ET AL.
(177 S. E., 541)
Messrs. John M. Daniel, Attorney General and /. Ivey Humphrey and J. Ingram Wilson, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellants,
Mr. J. B. S. Lyles, for respondents,
Messrs. Paul A. Cooper and Joseph L. Nettles, for respondents.
December 1, 1934.

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr., Justice Bonham.
The well-considered decree of Judge Mann fully considers and disposes of every issue made by this appeal. Any opinion of this Court must of necessity be merely a duplication of the decree.
It may not be amiss to add that the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission in the premises is further sustained by the provisions of Section 8248, Volume 3, Code 1932, Act March 6, 1922, 32 St. at Barge, page 956, § 6, to wit:
"Powers as to Public Utilities. — The railroad commission is hereby vested with power and jurisdiction to supervise and regulate the rates and service of every public utility in this State and to fix such just and reasonable standards, classifications, regulations, practices and measurements of service to be furnished, imposed or observed and followed by every public utility in this State."
It would be difficult to conceive of a more liberal grant of power. It is sufficient to embrace that power which the Railroad Commission exercised in these premises, which is approved by the Circuit decree.
The exceptions are overruled. The Circuit decree is affirmed. Bet it be reported.
Messrs. Justices Stabeer, and G. Dewey Oxner and Mr. Acting Associate Justice A. B. Gaston, concur.
Mr. Justice Carter concurs in result.