Legal Opinion
Swarthmore Borough v. Public Service Commission
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 14, 1923No. Appeals, Nos. 255 and 256PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Moschzisker,
In this case, the Superior Court reversed an order of the Public Service Commission; that body and the operating company hereinafter named have appealed.
The relevant facts are fully set forth in the opinion of the tribunal from which these appeals were taken (Borough of Swarthmore v. Pub. Serv. Com., 80 Pa. Superior Ct. 99), and, for present purposes, it is sufficient to state that in 1900 the Philadelphia, Morton & Swarthmore Railway Company entered into a contract with the Borough of Swarthmore, whereby the latter consented that the former might…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Commonwealth v. VroomanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Citizens Passenger Railway Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
- Allegheny v. Millville, Etna & Sharpsburg Street Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Collingdale Boro. v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
- Borough v. Chambersburg & Gettysburg Electric Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Attorney General v. BennSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
- Green v. Milk Control CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Commonwealth v. HallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
- Day v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
- West Penn Railways Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
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