Cincinnati Northern Rd. v. Public Utilities Commission

By the Court.

The plaintiffs in error, two railway corporations, applied to- the Public Utilities Commission for authority to discontinue four trains carrying passengers, mail, and express between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Jackson, Mich. Each of these trains consisted of two cars operated by electric motive power; one of the cars carrying an electric engine and space for mail, baggage, and express, the other being a coach seating about 64 passengers. This was a joint operation of the trains by the two companies, the Cincinnati Northern operating north and south from Jackson, Mich., to Franklin, a…