In re Increase of Street Car Fares of Charlotte
Supreme Court of North Carolina
PROCEEDINGS instituted before tbe Corporation Commission for an increase of street car rates, beard on appeal before Adams, J., at February and March Term, 1919, of Mecklenburg.
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PROCEEDINGS instituted before tbe Corporation Commission for an increase of street car rates, beard on appeal before Adams, J., at February and March Term, 1919, of Mecklenburg. Tbe petition was filed by tbe Southern Public Utilities Company, operating street cars in tbe city of Charlotte, and in which it was alleged “That on account of tbe abnormal increase in tbe price of steel, copper, cars, and all equipment and material, and tbe increased cost of labor incident to our business, your petitioner cannot profitably nor properly conduct its street railway at tbe present pre-war rates.” That…
1Opinion of the Court
Hoke, J.,
after stating the case: The power of the Legislature, either directly or through appropriate governmental agencies, to establish reasonable regulations for public-service corporations in matters affecting the public interests is now universally recognized, and the principle has been approved with us in well considered decisions dealing directly with the question. R. R. v. Goldsboro, 155 N. C., affirmed on writ of error to Supreme Court of United States, 232 U. S., 548-558; Corporation Commission v. R. R., 140 N. C., 239; Corporation Commission v. R. R., 137 N. C., 1. Having devoted…
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