Legal Opinion
United Rs. & Elec. Co. of Baltimore v. West
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 6, 1930No. 55 and 64PublishedCited by 160 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sutherland
The first of these titles (No. 55) is an appeal, and the second (No. 64) a cross-appeal, from a decree of the Court of Appeals of Maryland. The case arose from an order of the state Public Service Commission limiting the rate of passenger fares to be charged by the United Railways and Electric Company for carrying passengers over its lines in the City of Baltimore. The company, by its appeal, attacks the commission’s order as confiscatory. The cross-appeal seeks to raise the question whether the amount for annual depreciation allowed the company should be calculated upon the present value of…
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