Adena Railroad v. Public Service Commission

Citations

• 92 Ohio St. (N.S.) 1

Syllabus

<p>Railroads — Charter—Common carriers — Public utilities commission —Order to furnish passenger service.</p> <p>A railroad company, organized under the general laws of the state, whose charter declares its purpose of “building, acquiring, owning, leasing, and maintaining a railroad to be operated by steam or other motive power,” is amenable to the control of the railroad (now public utilities) commission in so far as its property or its traffic is intrastate; and under such a charter the company, as a common carrier, in addition to its obligations as a carrier of freight, may be required by such commission to provide reasonably adequate passenger service and facilities, if the circumstances warrant and the corporation is reasonably able' to comply with such order.</p>