Legal Opinion

Somerset County v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 28, 1938No. Appeal, 116PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

This is an appeal by the County of Somerset from an order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission directing that the county pay certain damages for property taken, injured, or destroyed, and making the county responsible for the vacation and removal or demolition of nonutility structures including occupied dwellings located upon properties appropriated, in the relocation and improvement of a portion of the Lincoln Highway (Route No. 119), the abolition of two grade crossings of a railroad, and the construction of one overgrade crossing, in the vicinity of the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. Public Service CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  2. Paradise Township v. Public Service CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
  3. Pennsylvania R.R. v. P.S.C.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  4. Lancaster County v. Public Service CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  5. Ligonier Valley Railroad v. Public Service CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1924

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Bartron v. Northampton CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  2. Pittsburgh Railways Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  3. Bridgewater Borough v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  4. Wilkes-Barre v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  5. City of Philadelphia v. Philadelphia Electric Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984

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