Pennsylvania Rd. Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

The principal questions involved in this proceeding in error to reverse the order of the Ohio Public Utilities Commission are:

First. Did the Public Utilities Commission have jurisdiction?

'Second. If it did have jurisdiction, was the same superseded by paragraph 9, Section 1 of the Interstate Commerce Act?

Third. Does the order of the Public Utilities Commission amount to a confiscation of the property of the railroad company without a reasonable or adequate compensation?

As to the general jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission over railroads and common car riers the General Code of…