Ten Ten Lincoln Place, Inc. v. Consolidated Edison Co.

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p. 903

Ten Ten Lincoln Place, Inc., Appellant, v. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., Respondent.

In an action for judgment declaring that defendant’s service classifications in its filed tariff schedule or rate schedule are discriminatory, violative of the Public Service Law, the common law and the Constitutions of the United States and the State of New York, judgment dismissing the complaint unanimously affirmed, with $10 costs and disbursements. In our opinion the issues presented must he passed upon by the Public Service Commission in the first instance and not by the courts. (Matter of Leitner v. New York Telephone Co., 277 N. Y. 180 ; Purcell v. New York Central R. R. Co., 268 N. Y. 164 ; Murray v. New York Telephone Co., 170 App. Div. 17 , affd. 226 N. Y. 590 ; United States Light & Heat Corp. v. Niagara Falls G. & E. L. Co., 47 F. 2d 567 ; People ex rel. Pub. Service Comm. v. New York Telephone Co., 262 App. Div. 440 , affd. 287 N. Y. 803 ; Pennsylvania R. R. Co. v. Puritan Goal Min. Co., 237 U. S. 121 , 131.) Present — Lewis, P. J., Carswell, Johnston, Adel and Sneed, JJ. [190 Mise. 174.] [See post, p. 973.]

Cases cited

Leitner v. New York Telephone Co. 277 N. Y. 180 N.Y. 1938-03-08 p. 903
Purcell v. New York Central Railroad 268 N. Y. 164 N.Y. 1935-07-11 p. 903
Murray v. New York Telephone Co. 170 App. Div. 17 N.Y. App. Div. 1915-11-17 p. 903
Murray v. New York Telephone Co. 226 N. Y. 590 N.Y. 1919-04-08 p. 903
People ex rel. Public Service Commission v. New York Telephone Co. 287 N. Y. 803 N.Y. 1942-03-05 p. 903
Pennsylvania Railroad v. Puritan Coal Mining Co. 237 U. S. 121 SCOTUS 1915-04-05 at 131 p. 903