State, Ex Rel. City of Cininnati. v. Geiger

This is a proceeding in which the re lator, the city of Cincinnati, seeks a- writ of prohibition against the defendants, who constitute the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.

The relator in its petition, in brief, states that in May, 1930, the council of the city of Cincinnati passed an ordinance designated as No. 294-1930, by which it regulated the rates which could be charged by the Union Gas & Electric Company for natural gas. A copy of this ordinance is attached to the petition. The date said ordinance took effect, it is stated, was June 19,1930. The petition further states that on or…