Beaver Valley Water Co. v. Public Service Commission
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 88, April T., 1917, by tbe Beaver Valley Water Company, from order of the Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania, Complaints Nos. 187-188, in case of Solon G-. Tbayer et al. v. Beaver Valley Water Company. Complaints against Beaver Valley Water Company on account of schedule of increased rates effective April 1, 1914. The charges in said schedule were alleged to be unjust and unreasonable.
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Appeal, No. 88, April T., 1917, by tbe Beaver Valley Water Company, from order of the Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania, Complaints Nos. 187-188, in case of Solon G-. Tbayer et al. v. Beaver Valley Water Company. Complaints against Beaver Valley Water Company on account of schedule of increased rates effective April 1, 1914. The charges in said schedule were alleged to be unjust and unreasonable. After hearing, Ainey, Chairman, filed the report of the commission, fixing a valuation and determining the rate thereon. Errors assigned were various findings of fact by the commission and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Kephart, J.,
The Beaver Valley Water Company was incorporated in 1902 to supply water in a district between Freedom and Baden on the northeasterly side of the Ohio river. Shortly after its organization it took over various water companies supplying seven municipalities covering a stretch of territory approximately eleven miles in length. The company filed two schedules increasing the water rates through this territory, one in 1912 and the second in 1914. Complaints were filed to both of these schedules which were disposed of in this proceeding. The company at that hearing asked that…
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