Bell Telephone Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Opinion by Parker, J.,

The question involved in this appeal is whether the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania is entitled to be reimbursed for a loss it suffered as a result of a change it was compelled to make in the location of its underground conduits in a public street to make way for highway improvements and abolition of grade crossings inaugurated by the County of Allegheny to relieve a congestion in traffic and promote public safety.

The public authorities were confronted with a serious situation occasioned by the density of traffic at the south entrance to the Liberty Tubes in…