Steffen v. General Telephone Co.

Black J.

Plaintiffs appeal from an order dismissing their action, granted for the reason that the trial court had no jurisdiction of the subject matter set forth in the complaint, the amended complaint or the second amended complaint. * In its opinion, the trial court stated its conclusions that all the questions raised in the three complaints are about services rendered by the appellee telephone companies, and that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio had exclusive jurisdiction of all such questions, under State, ex rel. Northern Ohio Telephone Co., v. Winter (1970), 23 Ohio St. 2d 6.

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