Colombo v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Opinion by

Ross, J.,

Albert DeFrancesco, trading and doing business as Hazel Cab Company, on September 27, 1944, applied for the Tight to transport as a common carrier persons upon call and demand in the City of Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The appellants, taxi operators certificated and authorized to render call and demand service in the area covered by the DeFrancesco application, opposed the granting of the certificate of public convenience applied for. After hearings, the commission on January 15, 1945, dismissed the application on the ground that it had not been established that…