General Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

The basis of this controversy is the fact that the authorized toll rates of the Ohio Bell Telephone Company are higher than those of the appellant General Telephone Company, and the latter company has undertaken to charge its customers the higher rates without first obtaining the commission’s approval therefor;

The appellant company contends that it has not abandoned its own toll facilities or service but has merely improved its service, and that the commission is without jurisdiction where there is substitution and improvement but no abandonment.

Section 4909.18, Revised Code, reads in part:

“An…