Ohio Supreme Court, 1925

Federal Gas & Fuel Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

Ohio Supreme Court · Decided May 19, 1925 · Jones, Matthias, Day, Allen, Robinson, Kinkade

148 N.E. 685; 112 Ohio St. 717; 112 Ohio St. (N.S.) 717; 1925 Ohio LEXIS 297 (North Eastern Reporter)

Counsel

Mr. Freeman T. Eagleson, for plaintiff in error., Mr. C. C. Crabbe, attorney general, and Mr. John W. Bricker, for Public Utilities Commission., Mr. Charles B. Cranston and Mr. Charles A. Leach, for complainants in No. 18988., Mr. J. M. Lewis, for complainants in Nos. 18987 and 18989.

Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

Inasmuch as the record shows that the complaint filed with the Public Utilities Commission and the order prayed for directly affect rights involved in the cause pending in the court of common pleas of FranMin county, the Commission has no jurisdiction of the complaint. The order must therefore be reversed upon the authority of the case of Incorporated Village of New Bremen v. Public Utilities Commission, 103 Ohio St., 23, 132 N. E., 162.

Order reversed.

Jones, Matthias, Day, Allen and Robinson, JJ„ concur. Kinkade, J., not participating.

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