Public Service Commission v. Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad

Oeeutt, J\,

delivered tbe opinion of tbe Court.

This appeal grows out of an irreconcilable conflict between tbe views of tbe respective parties as to tbe powers, functions and duties of tbe Public Service Commission of Maryland, in tbe exercise of tbe control and supervision conferred upon it by tbe Legislature over tbe operation and management of public service corporations. Tbe precise question which it presents is whether tbe commission has tbe power to annex, as a condition precedent to its permission to a railroad company engaged in interstate commerce to relocate its tracks, a requirement…