Piercely v. Public Service Commission
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 123, April T., 1919, by respondent, from order of the Public Service Commission in the case of William Piercely v. The Public Service Commission, on appeal. Complaint of Masontown Taxi Company before the Public Service Commission that the respondent was operating an autobus as a common carrier without a certificate of public convenience and in violation of Section 2, of Article III, of the Public Service Company Law.
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Appeal, No. 123, April T., 1919, by respondent, from order of the Public Service Commission in the case of William Piercely v. The Public Service Commission, on appeal. Complaint of Masontown Taxi Company before the Public Service Commission that the respondent was operating an autobus as a common carrier without a certificate of public convenience and in violation of Section 2, of Article III, of the Public Service Company Law. The commission, made an order directing the respondent to forthwith cease and desist from operating a motor vehicle as a common carrier until he should have obtained…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
Complaint having been duly filed with the Public Service Commission by the Masontown Taxicab Company, a public service corporation operating autobusses as a common carrier under a certificate of public convenience, averring that the respondent, who is here the appellant, was operating an autobus as a common carrier of passengers at Masontown and the vicinity thereof, without having obtained a certificate of public convenience, the Public Service Commission, after a hearing, issued an order that the respondent forthwith cease and desist from carrying on or engaging in the…
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