Citizens Passenger Railway Co. v. Public Service Commission
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 315, Jan. T., 1921, by the City of Philadelphia, from judgment of Superior Court, Oct. T., 1920, No. 273, reversing order of Public Service Commission, Complaint Docket No. 3026, in case of Citizens Passenger Railway Co. et al. v. Public Service Commission et al., and the City of Philadelphia intervening. Appeal from the Superior Court. See 75 Pa. Superior Ct. 238. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts.
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Appeal, No. 315, Jan. T., 1921, by the City of Philadelphia, from judgment of Superior Court, Oct. T., 1920, No. 273, reversing order of Public Service Commission, Complaint Docket No. 3026, in case of Citizens Passenger Railway Co. et al. v. Public Service Commission et al., and the City of Philadelphia intervening. Appeal from the Superior Court. See 75 Pa. Superior Ct. 238. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The Superior Court reversed the order of the Public Service Commission. The City of Philadelphia appealed. Error assigned, among others, was the judgment of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
Originally there were a number of street passenger railway companies in the City of Philadelphia, operating under separate charters, and each limited to a specific route of travel. Believing that combination would be more profitable, favorable legislation was obtained, one road would lease others, and those owned and leased would be run as a single system. Ultimately many of them were leased by the Philadelphia Traction Company, which, with its leased lines and those still operating under their original charters, were later leased by the Union Traction Company;…
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