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Beaver Valley Water Co. v. PubLic Service Commission

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 5, 1921No. Appeal, No. 88PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal, No. 88, April T., 1917, by Beaver Valley Water Company, from order of tbe Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania, Complaints Nos. 187,188, in case of Solon G. Tbayer et al. v. Beaver Valley Water Company. Complaint against Beaver Valley Water Company on account of increased rates effective April 1,1914. Tbe charges in tbe suit were alleged to be unjust and unreasonable. The facts appear in Beaver Valley Water Company v. The Public Service Commission, 71 Pa.

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Appeal, No. 88, April T., 1917, by Beaver Valley Water Company, from order of tbe Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania, Complaints Nos. 187,188, in case of Solon G. Tbayer et al. v. Beaver Valley Water Company. Complaint against Beaver Valley Water Company on account of increased rates effective April 1,1914. Tbe charges in tbe suit were alleged to be unjust and unreasonable. The facts appear in Beaver Valley Water Company v. The Public Service Commission, 71 Pa. Superior Ct. 43, and in the opinion of the Superior Court. Following the judgment of the Superior Court of the United States…

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Opinion by

Keller, J.,

When this appeal was here before (71 Pa. Superior Ct. 43), we felt constrained to affirm the order of the Public Service Commission, because we were not permitted to substitute our judgment- as to rates and values for that of the commission, (Ben Avon Boro. v. Ohio Valley Water Co., 260 Pa. 289), although it was apparent from our opinion that they did not concur. Following the action of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Ohio Valley Water Company case, (253 U. S. 287), our Supreme Court has remanded the case to this court with direction that upon our own…

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  1. Ohio Valley Water Co. v. Ben Avon BoroughSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
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  4. City and County of Denver v. Denver Union Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
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