Public Service Railway Co. v. Board of Public Utility Commissioners
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On certiorari to determine the legality of an order of the public utility commissioners restoring a reduced rate of fare to school children.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Minturn, J.
The importance of a speedy review of the legislation under consideration in this ease by the court of last resort, requires that the expression of my views be briefly and expeditiously. stated.
The concrete question involved is whether a system of three cent fares maintained by the railway company for manj'- years was abrogated by the enactment of the so-called Public Utility law. Pamph. L. 1911, p. 374. The contention that it was abrogated is based by the company upon a construction given by the interstate commerce commissioners to section 3…
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