Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Quaker City Cab Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 25, 1926No. Appeal, 24PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Walling,
In 1917 the Pennsylvania Public Service Commission granted the defendant, Quaker City Cab Company, a New Jersey corporation, a certificate of public convenience ; since which time it has been engaged in carrying passengers and their luggage for hire in the City of Philadelphia, where it operates some three hundred and twenty-five taxicabs and fifty limousines and touring cars. Each cab and car is propelled by its own power and operated on the city streets by a driver; the amount of fare is regulated by the distance traveled or time consumed. They have no fixed…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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3Cited by46 opinions
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- Federal Deposit Insurance v. Board of Finance & Revenue of CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Tarlo's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
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