Case Name: Board of County Commissioners of Franklin County et al v. Public Utilities Commission et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1923
Citations: 1 Ohio Law Abs. 389
Docket Number: No. 17764
Parties: Board of County Commissioners of Franklin County et al v. Public Utilities Commission et al.
Judges: Robinson, Jones, Matthias, Day and_ Allen, JJ., concur. Wanamaker, J., not participating.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 1
Pages: 389–389

Head Matter:
No. 17764
Board of County Commissioners of Franklin County et al v. Public Utilities Commission et al.
Error to the Public Utilities Commission.
INTREURBAN RAILROADS — Receivership—Abandonment of branch line in interstate system — State courts or commissioner not to disturb property in receiver’s custody.

Opinion:
Marshall, C. J.:
Where an interstate system of interurban railroads is in the custody of a receiver appointed by a federal court in proceedings to foreclose a mortgage, and that court grants an application to abandon a branch line of such system, which branch is wholly within this state, on the ground that it is operated at a loss, such order of the federel court concerning property in its custody may not be disturbed by the state commission or the state courts. .
Order affirmed.
Robinson, Jones, Matthias, Day and_ Allen, JJ., concur. Wanamaker, J., not participating.