City of Niagara Falls v. Public Service Commission

The city of Niagara Falls seeks a writ of prohibition directed to the public service commission of the state, second district, and International Railway Company directing each of them to refrain from further proceedings under an application pending for permission to increase the company’s rate of fare within the city of Niagara Falls.

The public service commission fixed a hearing upon the company’s application. '•

The answer of the city of Niagara Falls raised the question as to the commission’s jurisdiction, moving a dismissal of the proceedings upon the ground that the rate of fare now…