Toth v. Public Service Commission
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 124, 126, 128 and 129, April T., 1919, from orders of the Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by Respondents in the cases of George Toth, Andy Solopek, B. T. Milan and Nick Brokovich v. The Public Service Commission, on appeal.
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Appeals, Nos. 124, 126, 128 and 129, April T., 1919, from orders of the Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by Respondents in the cases of George Toth, Andy Solopek, B. T. Milan and Nick Brokovich v. The Public Service Commission, on appeal. Complaint of Masontown Taxi Company before the Public Service Commission that the respondents were operating autobusses as common carriers without certificates of public convenience, and in violation of Section 2 of Article III of the Public Service Company Law. The commission made an order directing each of the respondents to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Keller, J.,
The majority of the court are of the opinion that in these cases there was no competent evidence adduced before the Public Service Commission that the appellants were engaged in business or operating as common carriers. Unless they were, the commission had no jurisdiction or authority to make the orders appealed from.
The evidence, which was very meager and consisted of nothing but the testimony of the complainant himself, went no further than to establish that each of the appellants owned an automobile in which he occasionally carried passengers from Mount Sterling to…
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