Stark County v. Public Utilities Commission

Citations

• 102 Ohio St. (N.S.) 124

Syllabus

<p>Public utilities commission — Schedule of rates — ■Through fare on interurban — Exceeds franchise rates for intermediate points— Reasonableness and lawfulness of through fare.</p> <p>1. Where the rate of fare between two designated points is fixed by the terms of an interurban franchise, the Public Utilities Commission is not required to adopt such rate as a basis for the determination of the reasonableness of a rate to other points on the line of such road.</p> <p>2. Where there is no evidence that a rate charged by an interurban road for carrying passengers is in excess of a reasonable rate, it will not be held to be unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory on the sole ground that it exceeds the sum of fares between intermediate points which are fixed by several independent franchise-contracts.</p>