Vernon Township v. Public Service Commission
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 103, April T., 1920, by complainants, from report and order of the Public Service Commission, Complaint No. C 1495-1917, in the case of the Township of Vernon and the School District of Vernon Township v. The Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on appeal, and The United Natural Gas Company intervening appellee.
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Appeal, No. 103, April T., 1920, by complainants, from report and order of the Public Service Commission, Complaint No. C 1495-1917, in the case of the Township of Vernon and the School District of Vernon Township v. The Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on appeal, and The United Natural Gas Company intervening appellee. Complaint against the United Natural Gas Company before the Public Service Commission on account of schedule of increased rates effective May 15, 1917. The charges in said schedule were alleged to be unjust and unreasonable and the suspension of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Linn, J.,
Appellant municipal corporation, Vernon Township, on May 12,1917, filed a petition with the Public Service Commission complaining that the gas company had filed a schedule of rates and had given notice that after May 15, 1917, it “would discontinue free gas and special rates, among others, to......Vernon Township”; that the proposed action was illegal and in violation of a franchise contract under which the gas company’s pipes were permitted to be laid and maintained in the streets in return for “free gas for two school houses and ten street lights.” The petition prayed…
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