United Rs. & Elec. Co. of Baltimore v. West

*255Mr. Justice Brandéis,

dissenting.

Acting under the direction of the Court of Appeals, Public Service Commission v. United Railways & Electric Co., 155 Md. 572, the Commission entered, on November 28, 1928, an order permitting the Railways to increase its rate of fare to 10 cents cash, four tokens for 35 cents.1 That order was sustained in United Railways & Electric Co. v. West, 157 Md. 70, and the Railways has appealed to this Court. The claim is that the order confiscates its property because the fare fixed will yield, according to the estimates, no more than 6.26 per cent, upon the assumed…