374:41 Commission May Institute. –
Whenever the commission shall be of opinion that a public utility is failing or omitting, or about to fail or omit, to do anything required of it by law or by order of the commission, or is doing anything, or about to do anything, or permitting anything, or about to permit anything, to be done contrary to, or in violation of, law or any order of the commission, it shall have authority to lay the facts before the attorney general, and to direct him immediately to begin an action in the name of the state praying for appropriate relief by mandamus, injunction or otherwise.