Holmes v. Public Service Commission

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

By agreement with the Borough of Freeport, duly approved by the Public Service Commission, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company elevated its tracks in said borough, thereby eliminating a number of grade crossings. The plan adopted and approved by the commission called for the erection of a concrete wall, about eighteen feet high, along either side of its right-of-way, with solid filling between — except at street intersections —forming an embankment upon which the company proposed laying and operating a four-track railroad line. The plaintiffs, abutting property owners,…