Legal Opinion
City of Rochester v. Public Service Commission
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 4, 1949Published
1Opinion of the CourtDeyo, J.
The sole issue presented upon this appeal is whether or not the Public Service Commission has jurisdiction to increase the rates of fare charged by the Rochester Transit Corporation on its buses operating in the city of Rochester, above the five-cent maximum clause contained in a franchise granted by the city in 1890.
The facts constituting the historical background of the controversy, which are not in dispute, are set forth in the pleadings, and in the opinion of the court below (192 Misc. 33), and no useful purpose will be served by reiterating them at length. Suffice is it to say that in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Schuylkill Fuel Corp. v. B. & C. Nieberg Realty Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
- Matter of Quinby v. . Public Service Comm.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
- People Ex Rel. Village of South Glens Falls v. Public Service CommissionNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- People Ex Rel. City of New York v. . NixonNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- People Ex Rel. Garrison v. . NixonNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
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