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Franke v. Johnstown Fuel Supply Co.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 30, 1918No. Appeal, No. 111PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal, No. Ill, April T.^ 1918, by Peoples Natural Gas Company, from order of Public Service Commission, Complaint Docket, Nos. 1083, 1916, directing the posting of the tariff and schedule of rates in case of Louis Franke v. Johnstown Fuel Supply Company and Peoples Natural Gas Company. Protest against a tariff and schedule of rates published by a natural gas company.

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Appeal, No. Ill, April T.^ 1918, by Peoples Natural Gas Company, from order of Public Service Commission, Complaint Docket, Nos. 1083, 1916, directing the posting of the tariff and schedule of rates in case of Louis Franke v. Johnstown Fuel Supply Company and Peoples Natural Gas Company. Protest against a tariff and schedule of rates published by a natural gas company. From the record it appeared that the Johnstown Fuel Supply Company, a Pennsylvania corporation was engaged in the business of furnishing natural gas to consumers in the City of Johnstown. On July 15,1916, the company filed a…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Henderson, J.,

This is an appeal by the Peoples Natural Gas Company from an order of the Public Service Commission requiring the appellant to file its tariff and schedule of rates covering its service in supplying natural gas to the Johnstown Fuel Supply Company, a corporation engaged in the furnishing of natural gas in the City of J ohnstown. The proceeding originated in an increase of its rates of service by the latter company and the protests filed by certain of the patrons of that company against such increase. At the hearing before the commission on the proposal to increase the…

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. York v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
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