Pennsylvania Railroad v. Public Service Commission
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 280, Oct. T., 1918, by tbe Pennsylvania Railroad Company from tbe report and order of tbe Public Service Commission Complaint Docket No. 1739, on complaint of tbe Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and George B. Rowand, against tbe Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
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Appeal, No. 280, Oct. T., 1918, by tbe Pennsylvania Railroad Company from tbe report and order of tbe Public Service Commission Complaint Docket No. 1739, on complaint of tbe Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and George B. Rowand, against tbe Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Complaint for violation of tbe Act of June 19,1911, P. L. 1053. Tbe complaint alleged that on tbe 20th day of September, 1917, tbe Pennsylvania Railroad Company ran and operated a certain freight train consisting of twenty-five freight cars from Boyer Rnn Junction over the Boyer Run Branch with a crew of four men, contrary…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion bt
Keller, J.,
This is an appeal from an order of the Public Service Commission on a complaint alleging a violation by the appellant of the provisions of the Act of June 19, 1911, P. L. 1053, commonly known as the “Full Crew Law.”
The complaint averred that on September 20, 1917, the appellant operated a freight train consisting of a locomotive, caboose, and twenty freight cars from Boyer Run Junction over the Boyer Bun Branch with a crew of only four men, viz, an engineman, a fireman, a conductor and a brakeman, contrary to the provisions of section two of said act, which fixes the…
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