City of Cincinnati v. Public Utilities Commission

Stated in its simplest terms, the sole question now before this court for decision is: Did the commission have the jurisdiction and authority, in the situation confronting it, to promulgate an emergency order establishing interim gas rates x pending disposition of the appeals by the company from the rates prescribed by the ordinances referred to above?

Section 614-32, General Code, under which the commission acted, is in the following language:

"The commission shall have power, when deemed by it necessary to prevent injury to the business or interests of the public or any public utility of this…