Legal Opinion
Atlantic Freight Lines, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 20, 1948No. Appeal, 98PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Hirt, J.,
Atlantic Freight Lines, Inc., the appellant, is a common carrier, incorporated for “the transportation of freight, merchandise and other personal property by means of motor vehicles or similar conveyances in interstate commerce only”. We. will refer to this carrier as Atlantic. Based upon information in reports of its investigators, Pennsylvania' Public Utility Commission initiated this proceeding on its own motion. The complaint charged three separate violations of Article II, ■§ 201(6) or Article VIII, § 804(a) of the Public Utility Law of May 28, 1937, P. L. 1053 and its…
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