Michigan Public Utilities Commission v. Michigan State Telephone Co.

Attempt is being made to review in this court an order of the Michigan public utilities commission by mandamus proceedings rather than by the mode pointed out by the statute. In my opinion, this court should not review the merits of the commission’s orders by mandamus proceedings. A review by that procedure not only violates the statute, but reverses the precedents of this court for upwards of half a century.

The Michigan public utilities commission made and entered an order against the Michigan State Telephone Company on July 12,1922, reducing the telephone rates then in force in the city of…