Ohio Central Telephone Corp. v. Public Utilities Commission

The basic contention of the plaintiffs in error is that the commission was without jurisdiction or authority to make the orders in question. Some complaint is made that no evidence, beyond that contained in the companies ’ annual reports and in certain proposals filed by them, was formally received by the commission; but this contention' was not greatly insisted upon, and is not, in our opinion, of sufficient importance here to require further discussion.

The arguments of the plaintiffs in error may be summarized as follows:

The jurisdiction and power of the Public Utilities Commission are…