Pittsburgh v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

The South Pittsburgh Water Company, a private corporate entity, serves twenty-one boroughs and nine townships in the metropolitan area of South Hills lying south of the Monongahela River. In addition, the Company serves all or parts of nine wards of the City of Pittsburgh within that area. In October 1951 the Company filed with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission its tariff Number 11, providing for substantial increases in all of its metered water rates. The effective date of the tariff, by successive orders of the Commission, was extended for a total of nine months…