Shafor v. Public Utilities Commission

Citations

• 94 Ohio St. 230
• 113 N.E. 809
• 1916 Ohio LEXIS 148

Syllabus

<p>Telephone companies — Long-distance connections — Section 614-63, General Code — Atithorising public utilities commission to order through line — Inapplicable where service furnished by one company, when.</p> <p>Where two telephone companies are competing for local business in a locality in this state and one of the companies has also established and is maintaining necessary and adequate long-distance service between such locality and another locality of the state and has offered to and is able to furnish such long-distance service to the residents of such locality wherein such companies are competitors, and public necessity does not require additional long-distance service, the provisions of Section 614-63, General Code, conferring upon the utilities commission power to require a physical connection between two or more telephone companies, do not apply.</p>