Case Name: Fish et al. v. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1918-01-15
Citations: 97 Ohio St. 330
Docket Number: No. 15417
Parties: Fish et al. v. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio et al.
Judges: Nichols, C. J., Wanamaker, Newman, Jones, Matthias, Johnson and Donahue, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 97
Pages: 330–330

Head Matter:
Fish et al. v. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio et al.
Public utilities commission — Jurisdiction — Railroads — Abandonment of tracks — Injunction.
(No. 15417
—Decided January 15, 1918.)
Error to the Public Utilities Commission.
Mr. Clyde R. Painter; Mr. Benjamin F. James; Mr. E. M. Fries and Mr. William B. James, for plaintiffs in error.
Messrs. Wilson & Rector and Messrs. Anderson, Wilcox & Lacy, for defendant in error Theodore Luce.

Opinion:
It is ordered and adjudged by this court, that the order of the public utilities commission be, and the same hereby is, sustained, this court being of the opinion that, at the time the complaint was filed, the statutes of this state did not confer upon the public utilities commission power to determine the right of a railroad company to abandon its tracks, nor did the commission then have nor has it now authority to grant the relief by injunction asked for by plaintiffs in error, and therefore the order dismissing the complaint was not unlawful or unreasonable.
Order sustained.
Nichols, C. J., Wanamaker, Newman, Jones, Matthias, Johnson and Donahue, JJ., concur.