Johnstown v. Johnstown & Stony Creek Railroad
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 116, April T., 1918, by defendant, from order of Public Service Commission Complaint Docket, No. 1356, regulating a railroad crossing in the case of City of Johnstown v. Johns-town & Stony Creek Railroad Company. Petition by the City of Johnstown for an order regulating a grade crossing.
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Appeal, No. 116, April T., 1918, by defendant, from order of Public Service Commission Complaint Docket, No. 1356, regulating a railroad crossing in the case of City of Johnstown v. Johns-town & Stony Creek Railroad Company. Petition by the City of Johnstown for an order regulating a grade crossing. The Public Service Commission ordered: “That the Johnstown & Stony Creek Railroad Company construct gates and maintain a watchman at the crossing of Messenger street over the tracks of the said company and the tracks of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, and that the cost of construction and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Kephart, J.,
This is an appeal from an order of the Public Service Commission directing the appellant to install safety gates and supply a watchman, the entire cost of construction and maintenance to be equally divided between it and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. The property value of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company in connection with the crossing and the business done by that company was largely in excess of that of the appellant. The appellant has two tracks at this crossing, while the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company has eleven, and it is averred by the appellant…
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- Ben Avon Boro. v. Ohio Valley Water Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
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- City of Johnstown v. Johnstown & Stony Creek R. R.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1921