Smith v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.,

This is an appeal by certain individuals from an order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission of June 30,1953, granting the Philadelphia Transportation Company a certificate of public convenience evidencing commission approval of abandonment of street railway service on its Rail Route 18 1 in the City of Philadelphia.

The principal question presented to us is whether the appeal should be quashed for want of a qualified appellant. On this question the following facts are important: The Company’s application for discontinuance and abandonment of street railway…