Perry County Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Service Commission
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 10, March T., 1918, by Perry County Telephone & Telegraph Company, from order of Public Service Commission, Application Docket No. 219, 1915, granting petition of public convenience in case of Perry County Telephone and Telegraph Company v. Public Service Commission. Petition for approval of amendment of charter, and for certificate of public convenience.
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Appeal, No. 10, March T., 1918, by Perry County Telephone & Telegraph Company, from order of Public Service Commission, Application Docket No. 219, 1915, granting petition of public convenience in case of Perry County Telephone and Telegraph Company v. Public Service Commission. Petition for approval of amendment of charter, and for certificate of public convenience. From the record it appeared that the Perry County Telephone and Telegraph Company having secured an amendment of its charter permitting it to make thirteen extensions into the counties of' Perry, Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniata and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
The appellant, an incorporated and operating telephone company, desired to extend its then existing lines in several different directions. Having taken the necessary preliminary steps to secure an amendment of its charter, it applied to the Public Service Commission for a certificate of public convenience, the granting of which was made by the public service law a condition precedent to the issue of the amendment desired. Another telephone company, operating in a portion of . the territory to be included in the proposed amendment, protested on the ground that the public in…
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