Settle v. Public Utilities Commission

By the Court.

On February 1, 1915, plaintiffs in error, W. H. Settle and George W. Clephane, partners doing business as W. H. Settle & Co., filed a complaint with the public utilities commission of Ohio against The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad Company, in which they attacked the rate charged by the railroad company for the transportation of lumber from Oakley station, Cincinnati, Ohio, to Madisonville station, Cincinnati, Ohio. The matter was heard upon the complaint, the answer of the railroad company and the evidence. The rate for the transportation of lumber from Oakley to…