Ashworth v. Pittsburg Railways
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 28, Oct. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of Superior Ct., April T., 1908, No. 184, affirming judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1908, No. 216, for plaintiff on case stated in suit of William H. Ashworth v. The Pittsburg Railways Company. Appeal ’from Superior Court. The case turned upon the constitutionality of the Act of June 7,1907, P. L. 453. See 44 Pa. Superior Ct. 326. Error assigned was the judgment of the Superior Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
Pittsburg is a city of the second class, and the defendant is a corporation created under the laws of Pennsylvania and operates a street railway wholly within the city. For some years prior to June 7,1907, the defendant had, under a regulation of the company, charged a fare of ten cents for a continuous ride between midnight and five o’clock a. m. The legislature passed an act, approved June 7,1907, P. L. 453, 5 Purd. 5904, entitled: “An Act to regulate the maximum rate of fare to be charged for transportation of passengers by street railway companies or…
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