Scranton Railway Co. v. Fiorucci
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 49 March T., 1917, by defendant, from order of Public Service Commission, No. 937, year 1916, forbidding operation of a jitney bus service in case of Scranton Railway Company v. Giuseppi Fiorucci. Petition for an order restraining operation of a jitney bus service. The commission made the order requested. Error assigned was the order of the commission.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
The statement of the question involved as presented by the appellant is, does the Public Service Commission have jurisdiction over those operating “Jitney' Bus” service entirely within the limits of one municipality? Is such an operation “between points”?
The Public Service Commission Act of July 26, 1913, P. L. 1374, Article I, provides “The term ‘Common Carrier’ as used in this act includes any and all common carriers whether corporations or persons engaged for profit in the conveyance of passengers or property or both between points within this Commonwealth by,…
2Cited by5 opinions
- Hoffman v. Public Service CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
- Setzer v. City of PottsvilleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
- Piercely v. Public Service CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
- Damiani v. Public Service CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
- Pittsburgh Motor Coach Co. v. City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County1935