Ryan v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

This appeal is from an order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission in a proceeding instituted upon its own motion. The Commission found that the appellant, the Keystone Transfer Company, a common carrier, in routing and transporting certain freight originating in Pittsburgh and destined for Washington and Uniontown, Pennsylvania via Wheeling, West Virginia, was not engaged in bona fide interstate transportation, but took such indirect route as a mere subterfuge for the purpose of avoiding its jurisdiction. A cease and desist order was accordingly issued as to…