Legal Opinion
Day v. Pa. Public Service Commission
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 28, 1932No. Appeal 344PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Bagdbige, J.5
This appeal is from an order of the Public Service Commission revoking a taxicab certificate of public convenience.
The appellant contends (1) that the commission is without statutory authority to make such an order; (2) that its action was discriminatory and arbitrary.
We concede that the commission derives its authority wholly from statute and is limited in its powers to those expressly granted or such as are implied necessarily from a grant of such power: Harmony Electric Co. v. P. S. C., 78 Pa. Superior Ct. 271. The appellant, in asserting that there is no statutory…
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