New York & Pennsylvania Co. v. New York Central R. R.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 154, Jan. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Clinton Co., July T., 1918, No. 66, for plaintiff on case tried by the court without a jury in suit of New York & Pennsylvania Co. v. New York Central Railroad Co. Assumpsit to recover amount awarded under an order of reparation of the Public Service Commission. The case was tried by McCormick, P. J., without a jury under an agreement of counsel. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 154, Jan. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Clinton Co., July T., 1918, No. 66, for plaintiff on case tried by the court without a jury in suit of New York & Pennsylvania Co. v. New York Central Railroad Co. Assumpsit to recover amount awarded under an order of reparation of the Public Service Commission. The case was tried by McCormick, P. J., without a jury under an agreement of counsel. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court entered judgment for plaintiff for $9,997.57. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were various findings and rulings…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
The facts in this case are undisputed, and the legal questions involved, nearly all of which depend upon a proper construction of the Public Service Company Law of July 26,1913, P. L. 1374, are not difficult of solution to those whose only anxiety is that its beneficent provisions shall be wisely administered for the benefit alike of the carrier, the shipper and the public.
The transportation of coal from the Munson and Hawk Run Mining Districts to Lock Haven, all in this State, is by the railroad of defendant to Bald Eagle Junction, and thereafter by that of the…
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