Case Name: The City of Columbus, by etc., v. The Public Utilities Commission et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1921-07-05
Citations: 103 Ohio St. 79
Docket Number: No. 16562
Parties: The City of Columbus, by etc., v. The Public Utilities Commission et al.
Judges: Marshall, C. J., Johnson, Hough and Wanamaker, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 103
Pages: 79–158

Head Matter:
The City of Columbus, by etc., v. The Public Utilities Commission et al.
Public utilities commission — Jurisdiction — Telephone companies — Merger of corporations — Authority to increase rates — Existing municipal franchise — •Power of municipality to establish rates.
(No. 16562
Decided July 5, 1921.)
Error to the Public Utilities Commission.
Mr. Henry L. Scarlett and Mr. Charles A. Leach, city solicitors, for plaintiff in error.
Messrs. Daugherty, Todd & Rarey; Messrs. Tolles, Hogsett, Ginn & Morley and Messrs. E. H. & W. B. Turner, for defendants in error.

Opinion:
It is ordered and adjudged that the order of the public utilities commission be, and the same is hereby, reversed. Four members of the court concur in this judgment. But inasmuch as the judges who concur are not agreed upon the grounds of reversal, no authoritative opinion setting forth the reasons of the judgment is filed in the case. The views of the individual judges may, however, be stated in separate opinions.
Order reversed.
Marshall, C. J., Johnson, Hough and Wanamaker, JJ., concur.