Paradise Township v. Public Service Commission
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 288, Oct. T., 1920, by Township of Paradise, from order of the Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the matter of the complaint of the State Highway Department of Pennsylvania v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Complaint Docket No. 3053. Appeal from order of the Public Service Commission ordering the alteration and relocation of a bridge over the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in Paradise Township, Lancaster County, and…
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Appeal, No. 288, Oct. T., 1920, by Township of Paradise, from order of the Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the matter of the complaint of the State Highway Department of Pennsylvania v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Complaint Docket No. 3053. Appeal from order of the Public Service Commission ordering the alteration and relocation of a bridge over the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in Paradise Township, Lancaster County, and apportioning the costs between the various public service companies and municipal corporations concerned. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Linn, J.,
The Lincoln highway extends through Paradise Township, Lancaster County. It is carried over the Pennsylvania railroad by a bridge at a point where part of the township is bisected by a cut in which the railroad is operated. A street railway company operates over tracks laid on the bridge.
The state highway department filed a complaint with the Public Service Commission alleging that the bridge was so dangerous to public safety as to require reconstruction. Hearings were held and evidence was taken. The township appeared by counsel and conceded that the bridge required…
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