Erie R. R. v. Public Service Commission
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 22, May T., 1921, by plaintiff, from judgment of Superior Court, March T., 1921, No. 9, affirming order of Public Service Commission, Complaint Docket, 2642, in case of Erie Railroad Co. v. Public Service Commission. Appeal from order of Public Service Commission. See 76 Pa.
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Appeal, No. 22, May T., 1921, by plaintiff, from judgment of Superior Court, March T., 1921, No. 9, affirming order of Public Service Commission, Complaint Docket, 2642, in case of Erie Railroad Co. v. Public Service Commission. Appeal from order of Public Service Commission. See 76 Pa. Superior Ct. 170. Prom the record it appeared that the Motor Club of Lackawanna County presented a petition to the Public Service Commission for an order directing the abolition of a grade crossing at a point where State Highway No. 168 crosses at grade the tracks of the Erie Railroad in the Borough of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Wauling,
Section 12, of article V of the Public Service Commission Law of July 26,1913, P. L. 1374,1409, as amended by the Act of July 17,1917, P. L. 1025,1030, provides, inter alia, that, “The commission shall also have exclusive power, upon its own motion or upon complaint, and after hearing as hereinafter provided (of which all the parties in interest, including the owners of adjacent property, shall have due notice), to order any crossing aforesaid, now existing or hereafter constructed at grade, or at the same or different levels, to be relocated or altered, or to be…
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