Adamson v. Public Service Commission

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

This appeal is from the refusal by the commission of appellant’s claim for damages in a proceeding for the abolition of grade crossings.

Pursuant to Article Y, Section 12, of the Public Service Company Law, 1913, P. L. 1374, 1408, as amended 1917, P. L. 1025, the commission, by an order dated November 18, 1930, directed the removal of several state highway grade crossings over railway tracks of the Reading Company in Schuylkill County. The estimated cost of separating the grades and substituting suitable facilities was $237,000. The county was ordered to pay compensation for…