Public Utilities Commission v. Joseph Minniear & Sons

By the Court.

This action was instituted in the court of common pleas of Shelby county by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, where it sought an injunction restraining the defendant Joseph Minniear & Sons, a partnership, from doing business as a motor transportation company, and, as such, from operating motor vehicles over the highways of the state to and from Sidney, Ohio, until the defendant had procured a certificate of convenience and ne-. cessity.

The court of common pleas refused the relief and dismissed the petition, and thereafter, upon appeal, like action was taken by the Court of…