Shaffer v. Public Service Commission
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 162, Jan. T., 1921, by plaintiff, intervener, from judgment of Superior Court, April T., 1920, No. 12, affirming order of the Public Service Commission, Application Docket, No. 3355, 1920, in ease of William Shaffer, Intervener, v. Public Service Commission and Coehranton Telephone Co. and Merchants & Farmers Telephone Co. Appeal from Superior Court. See 74 Pa. Superior Ct. 597. Tlie opinion of the Supreme Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 162, Jan. T., 1921, by plaintiff, intervener, from judgment of Superior Court, April T., 1920, No. 12, affirming order of the Public Service Commission, Application Docket, No. 3355, 1920, in ease of William Shaffer, Intervener, v. Public Service Commission and Coehranton Telephone Co. and Merchants & Farmers Telephone Co. Appeal from Superior Court. See 74 Pa. Superior Ct. 597. Tlie opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. The Superior Court affirmed the order of the Public Service Commission approving of the consolidation of the two telephone companies. William Shaffer,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Brown,
The Cochranton Telephone Company and the Merchants & Farmers Telephone Company presented their petition to the Public Service Commission for permission to consolidate. This permission was granted, and an appeal to the Superior Court followed. That court affirmed the action of the commission: Shaffer v. Public Service Commission, 74 Pa. Superior Ct. 597. This ap*458peal from the order of the Superior Court is by an intervening stockholder of the Cochranton Telephone Company, and the only question raised is the constitutionality of the Act of July 22, 1919, P. L.…
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