Consumers of the Long Island Lighting Company, by Rene A. Freyre, Philip J. Growney, William W. Browne, Vincent P. Dolan, James J. Mooney, Henry J. Campbell, Harry Selinger, William E. Cada and Eugene Ries, on Their Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Other Consumers Similarly Situated Who Desire to Join in This Action or Will Share or Participate in the Expense Thereof, Appellants, v. Long Island Lighting Company, Ellis L. Phillips, George W. Olmsted, Eversley Childs and William C. Langley, Respondents, and Others, Defendants

Consumers of the Long Island Lighting Company, by Rene A. Freyre, Philip J. Growney, William W. Browne, Vincent P. Dolan, James J. Mooney, Henry J. Campbell, Harry Selinger, William E. Cada and Eugene Ries, on Their Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Other Consumers Similarly Situated Who Desire to Join in This Action or Will Share or Participate in the Expense Thereof, Appellants, v. Long Island Lighting Company, Ellis L. Phillips, George W. Olmsted, Eversley Childs and William C. Langley, Respondents, and Others, Defendants. [MAJORITY] In an action by consumers to recover the excess over and above the just and reasonable basic rates and charges paid to a public utility company for electricity over many years, the complaint was dismissed under rule 106 of the Rides of Civil Practice on the ground that it appears on the face of the complaint that it fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. Plaintiffs appeal. Order dismissing plaintiffs’ complaint and judgment entered thereon unanimously affirmed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements. No opinion. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Carswell, Johnston, Adel and Close, JJ.