Erb v. Public Service Commission

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

The Lehigh Valley Transit Company, a public service company, transporting not only passengers but also express matter and light freight between Philadelphia, Bethlehem, Allentown and Easton, complained to the Public Service Commission that Fred Erb, a resident of Philadelphia, was engaging in the business of a common carrier, for hire, of freight and merchandise between these cities by means of motor vehicles without having secured the approval of the Commission. The Reading Company was permitted to intervene in the complaint.

The Commission, after a hearing and…