Wilkes-Barre Railway Corp. v. Public Service Commission

Opinion By

Parker, J.,

In this appeal from an order of the Public Service Commission the question involved is whether the commission had the power to place any part of the cost of replacing a portion of a county bridge on a street railway company which has been using and intends to use the bridge by virtue of a private contract with the county.

The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company filed a complaint with the commission alleging the unsafe condition of that portion of the Carey Avenue Bridge owned by Luzerne County which crosses the tracks of the complainant above grade and praying…