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Baltimore & Ohio R. R. v. Public Service Commission

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 16, 1917No. Appeal, No. 138PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal, No. 138, Oct. T., 1916, by plaintiff, from order of Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Complaint Docket 384, in case of Baltimore & Ohio Bailroad Company v. Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and E. W. Wilson, Intervenor. Complaint by E. W. Wilson against milk rates. • The opinion of the Superior Court states the case.

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Appeal, No. 138, Oct. T., 1916, by plaintiff, from order of Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Complaint Docket 384, in case of Baltimore & Ohio Bailroad Company v. Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and E. W. Wilson, Intervenor. Complaint by E. W. Wilson against milk rates. • The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. The commission in an opinion by Billing, Commissioner, reported the following conclusions from which an appropriate order was made: I. That the milk and cream rates of all of the respondents complained of for…

1Opinion of the Court

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Head, J.,

Before entering upon a discussion of the exacti questions presented for our consideration by this appeal, it may not be amiss to describe briefly the situation exhibited by the record.

In the spring of 1915 several railroad companies operating lines in Western Pennsylvania filed with The Public Service Commission schedules of proposed changes in their rates affecting the transportation of milk. Among these was the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, the present appellant, and it is the appeal of that company alone we have before us. No complaint having been made from any…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Pennsylvania Railroad v. Philadelphia CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
  2. Mount Union Borough v. Mount Union Water Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1916

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Leiper v. Baltimore & Philadelphia RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
  2. St. Clair Borough v. Tamaqua & Pottsville Elec. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
  3. Suburban Water Co. v. Oakmont BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
  4. Duquesne Light Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  5. Ben Avon Boro. v. Ohio Valley Water Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918

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