Cochranton Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 163, Jan. T., T919, by plaintiffs, from judgment of Superior Court, April T., 1918, No. 97, affirming order of Public Service Commission, dismissing petition in case of Coehranton Telephone Company and Merchants’ & Farmers’ Telephone Co., Appellants, and Petroleum Telephone Company of Oil City et al., Intervenors, v. Public Service Commission. Appeal from judgment of Superior Court. See 70 Pa. Superior Ct. 212. Appeal from order of Public Service Commission.
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Appeal, No. 163, Jan. T., T919, by plaintiffs, from judgment of Superior Court, April T., 1918, No. 97, affirming order of Public Service Commission, dismissing petition in case of Coehranton Telephone Company and Merchants’ & Farmers’ Telephone Co., Appellants, and Petroleum Telephone Company of Oil City et al., Intervenors, v. Public Service Commission. Appeal from judgment of Superior Court. See 70 Pa. Superior Ct. 212. Appeal from order of Public Service Commission. The Superior Court affirmed the order. Plaintiffs appealed. Error assigned was order of Superior Court. A telephone company…
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Opinion by
Me. Justice Moschzisker,
This is an appeal by two companies, owning competing telephone lines, from a judgment of the Superior Court, which affirmed an order of the Public Service Commission refusing certificates of public convenience, for the con*508solidation and merger of these two corporations, on the ground that,' under the laws of Pennsylvania, corporations operating telephone lines have the status of telegraph companies, and, as such, are subject to Section 12, Article YI, of our Constitution, which provides, inter alia, that “No telegraph company shall consolidate with or hold a…
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- Martin v. Hunter's LesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1816
- Richmond v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Gyger v. Phila. etc. Ry. Co., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1890
- Cochranton Telephone Co. v. Public Service CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
- Riddell v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
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