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Any person<\/span> or corporation aggrieved by anything done or omitted in violation of any of the provisions of this or any other chapter under this title, by any public service corporation<\/span> chartered or doing business in this Commonwealth, shall have the right to make complaint of the grievance and seek relief by petition<\/span> against such public service corporation<\/span> before the State Corporation Commission<\/span>, sitting as a court<\/span> of record. If the grievance complained of be established, the Commission<\/span>, sitting as a court<\/span> of record, shall have jurisdiction<\/span>, by injunction<\/span>, to restrain such public service corporation<\/span> from continuing the same, and to enjoin obedience to the requirements of this law<\/span>, and the Commission<\/span>, sitting as a court<\/span> of record, shall also have jurisdiction<\/span>, by mandamus, to compel any public service corporation<\/span> to observe and perform any public duty imposed upon public service corporations<\/span> by the laws<\/span> of this Commonwealth, subject as to any matter arising under this section to the right of appeal<\/span> to the Supreme Court<\/span> by either party<\/span> as of right in the mode prescribed by law<\/span>; but nothing in this section shall be construed to confer any power upon the Commission<\/span> which is forbidden to the courts<\/span> by \u00a7 56-429<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREMEDIES OF PERSONS AGGRIEVED BY PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION’S VIOLATION OF\nLAW (\u00a7 56-6)\n\nAny person or corporation aggrieved by anything done or omitted in violation of\nany of the provisions of this or any other chapter under this title, by any\npublic service corporation chartered or doing business in this Commonwealth,\nshall have the right to make complaint of the grievance and seek relief by\npetition against such public service corporation before the State Corporation\nCommission, sitting as a court of record. If the grievance complained of be\nestablished, the Commission, sitting as a court of record, shall have\njurisdiction, by injunction, to restrain such public service corporation from\ncontinuing the same, and to enjoin obedience to the requirements of this law,\nand the Commission, sitting as a court of record, shall also have jurisdiction,\nby mandamus, to compel any public service corporation to observe and perform any\npublic duty imposed upon public service corporations by the laws of this\nCommonwealth, subject as to any matter arising under this section to the right\nof appeal to the Supreme Court by either party as of right in the mode\nprescribed by law; but nothing in this section shall be construed to confer any\npower upon the Commission which is forbidden to the courts by \u00a7 56-429.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 3902.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}