Mount Union Borough v. Mount Union Water Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 203, Oct. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from order of Public Service Commission of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, No. 271, Complaint Docket, in case of Mount Union Borough, et al, v. Mount Union Water Company. Complaint against the Mount Union Water Company.
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Appeal, No. 203, Oct. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from order of Public Service Commission of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, No. 271, Complaint Docket, in case of Mount Union Borough, et al, v. Mount Union Water Company. Complaint against the Mount Union Water Company. The petition averred that a franchise was granted by the Borough of Mount Union to Edgar B. Kay, approved the 27th of July, 1900, permitting the said Edgar B. Kay, his heirs and assigns, to enter upon the public streets of Mount Union and supply water to the inhabitants thereof for domestic and sanitary purposes and for fire…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
The Act of 1913 creating The Public Service Commission declares in Section 1, Article IY, that it is “an administrative body or commission for the purpose of regulating public service companies.” The basic character of the newly created body is thus clearly defined. To enable such a body to execute the avowed legislative intent in creating it, — to wit, the regulation of public service companies in the State of Pennsylvania, — it was necessarily invested with powers far reaching in extent and productive of possible results of vital importance not only to those immediately…
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