Legal Opinion
York Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 26, 1956No. Appeal, No. 17PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Hirt, J.,
York Telephone & Telegraph Company, an independent telephone company incorporated in 1907, renders service through 13 exchanges for the most part in York County but to some extent also in Adams County in this State. The service or franchise area, of the Company as we shall refer to it, comprises 687 square miles with a population of upwards of 167,000. Impelled by numerous complaints lodged with it, the Public Utility Commission on October 30, 1930, instituted an investigation and inquiry, of its own motion, *15to determine whether the Company was providing adequate, efficient…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission v. GornishSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
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3Cited by9 opinions
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