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Penna. Rd. Co. v. Util. Comm

Supreme Court of Ohio
Dec 14, 1926
155 N.E. 864 (Ohio 1926)

Opinion

No. 18870

Decided December 14, 1926.

Public Utilities Commission — Jurisdiction — Railroads — Enforcement of automatic fire door law — Section 8951-1, General Code.

ERROR to the Public Utilities Commission.

Messrs. Henderson Burr, and Mr. Sherman B. Randall, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. C.C. Crabbe, attorney general, Mr. John W. Bricker, and Mr. Thomas Stevenson, for defendant in error.


It is ordered and adjudged that the order of the said public utilities commission be, and the same hereby is, reversed on authority of Napier, Atty. Genl., v. Atlantic Coast Line Rd. Co., Chicago N.W. Rd. Co. v. Rd. Comm. of Wisconsin, and Chicago, M. St. P. Ry. Co. v. Rd. Comm. of Wisconsin, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, November 29, 1926, 272 U.S. 605, 47 Sup. Ct., 207, and said cause is hereby remanded to the public utilities commission with instructions to sustain the motion of plaintiff in error to dismiss the proceeding.

Order reversed.

MARSHALL, C.J., JONES, MATTHIAS, DAY, ALLEN, KINKADE and ROBINSON, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Penna. Rd. Co. v. Util. Comm

Supreme Court of Ohio
Dec 14, 1926
155 N.E. 864 (Ohio 1926)
Case details for

Penna. Rd. Co. v. Util. Comm

Case Details

Full title:THE PENNSYLVANIA RD. CO. v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO

Court:Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Dec 14, 1926

Citations

155 N.E. 864 (Ohio 1926)
155 N.E. 864

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