Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. State
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Appeal from the Corporation Commission. Petition by the State and others before the Corporation Commission, against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company. From the order entered against the Railway Company, it appeals.
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Appeal from the Corporation Commission. Petition by the State and others before the Corporation Commission, against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company. From the order entered against the Railway Company, it appeals. On the 8th day of May, A. D. 1908, the patrons of the Blacltburn-Skedee Telephone Company petitioned the Corporation Commission to require the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company to install and maintain a telephone in its station or depot at Skedee, Okla. Said railway company, hereinafter referred to as appellant, was notified of the filing of said petition…
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
(after stating the facts as above). We wil] consider all the assignments of error under two propositions: (1) Had the Commission jurisdiction to make the order complained of? (2) If so, was the order reasonable and just?
1. Section 18, art. 9 (section 222, Bunn’s Ed.; Snyder’s Ed. p. 238), of the Constitution of Oklahoma provides:
“The Commission shall from time to time prescribe and enforce against such companies, in the manner hereinafter authorized, such rates, charges, classifications of traffic, and rules and regulations, and shall require them to establish and maintain all such public…
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