People ex rel. New York Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 2d day of November, 1914, directed to Seymour Van Santvoord and others, constituting the Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Second District, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Albany all and singular their proceedings had in this matter, together with a determination of the Commission thereon.
1Opinion of the Court
Howard, J.:
As a result of the decision recently rendered by this court in People ex rel. N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co. v. Public Service Commission (159 App. Div. 546) and affirmed by the Court of Appeals (215 N. Y. 241), a rule has been announced that in all proceedings instituted before the Public Service Commission against public service corporations to review a change of rates, the burden rests on the complainants to prove that the rates complained of are unreasonable. In the record before us it is apparent that no attempt whatever was made to comply with this rule. In fact the case was…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Peo. Ex Rel. N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co. v. . P.S. Comm.New York Court of Appeals · 1915
- People ex rel. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. Public Service CommissionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914