John Benkart & Sons Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

George DeBolt, George DeBolt, Jr., and J. P. DeBolt, copartners, trading as DeBolt Transfer, applied to the Public Utility Commission for the extension of the privileges granted by their certificate of public convenience. This certificate authorized them, inter alia, to transport property, as a class C carrier, from points in Homestead and within 5 miles, excluding the city of Pittsburgh, to points within 15 miles, and vice versa.

Protests against the granting of the application were filed by numerous carriers operating within the area covered by the proposed extension of…