Cincinnati Crushed Stone & Gravel Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

Citations

• 96 Ohio St. (N.S.) 288

Syllabus

<p>Railroads — Switch connection ordered by utilities commission — On application of shipper—Commission not authorized to require applicant—To reimburse another shipper, when.</p> <p>Where application is made by a shipper to the public utilities commission for a switch connection with a railroad siding, which siding is on the right of way of, is owned by and under the absolute control of the railway company, the commission, in ordering a switch connection with such ’ siding and in fixing the terms and conditions upon which such connection shall be made, has no authority to require such applicant to reimburse another shipper on account of expenses voluntarily incurred by the latter incident to a change of location of the siding and to re-arrangement of the tracks of the railway company.</p>