Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Public Service Commission

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 14, 1914PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 26th day of April, 1913, directed to the Public Service Commission of the State of New York for the Second District and the members thereof, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Albany all and singular their proceedings had in the making of an order affecting relator’s rates made on the complaint of the defendant Postal Telegraph-Cable Company.

1Opinion of the Court

Woodward, J.:

We have before us a writ of certiorari to review a final order of the Public Service Commission of the Second District, and because the questions involved have been so elaborately *145discussed as to largely obscure the real merits of the controversy it seems necessary to set out the order in full that we may understand just what is being passed upon and what is involved in the determination.. The body of the order is as follows:

‘< It appears from the complaint and the answer herein and the evidence taken at the hearing, that the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company receives messages at…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Matter of HennebergerNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
  2. In re HennebergerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Public Service CommissionNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
  2. People Ex Rel. W.U. Tel. Co. v. . P.S. Comm.New York Court of Appeals · 1920
  3. In re the Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
  4. People ex rel. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Public Service CommissionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920

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