Wilson v. Public Service Commission

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

Under date of June 27,1930, the City of Philadelphia (hereinafter referred to as the city), pursuant to an ordinance, entered into a contract with Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (hereinafter referred to as the company) for the leasing by the city to the company of a city-built subway, known as the Broad Street Subway and extending from Kater Street to Grange Avenue. As the lessee is a public service company, operating a system of surface, elevated and underground railways in the city, approval of the contract by the Public Service Commission was required by…