Northern Ohio Traction & Light Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

Ohio Supreme Court
Northern Ohio Traction & Light Co. v. Public Utilities Commission, 3 Ohio Law. Abs. 378 (Ohio 1925)
Allen, Day, Jones, Kinkade, Marshall, Matthias, Robinson

Northern Ohio Traction & Light Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

Opinion of the Court

MARSHALL, C. J.

1. Motor equipment employed in motor transportation service is not required by the motor transportation act to be absolutely owned by the holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity, this being left to the discretion of the public utilities commission.

2. An application before the public utilities commission to change, extend or shorten a route or to increase or decrease the number of vehicles employed in motor transportation service under a certificate theretofore issued by the commission can only be heard by the commission in accordance with the notice required by Section 614-91, General Code.

Order reversed.

Jones, Matthias, Day, Allen, Kinkade and Robinson, JJ., concur.

Reference

Full Case Name
The Northern Ohio Traction & Light Co. v. Public Utilities Commission
Status
Published