SOUTH ORANGE AVE. v. BD. OF PUB. UTIL. COMMRS.


4 N.J. Super. 191 (1949)

66 A.2d 627

SOUTH ORANGE AVENUE INDEPENDENT BUS OWNERS ASSOCIATION, AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, v. BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS, AND ANOTHER, RESPONDENTS. NEWARK-ELIZABETH INDEPENDENT BUS OWNERS ASSOCIATION, AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COORDINATED TRANSPORT, AND OTHERS, RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 16, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas L. Hanson and Mr. Meyer Q. Kessel (Mr. Paul J. O'Neill, attorney) argued the cause for the appellants.

Mr. William H. Speer (Mr. Winslow B. Ingham, II, on the brief) argued the cause for Public Service Coordinated Transport.

Before Judges JACOBS, EASTWOOD and BIGELOW.


The opinion of the court was delivered by BIGELOW, J.A.D.

The main question presented by these two appeals is: Does our law require a street railway company which has substituted trolley buses for trolley cars, to obtain municipal consents before making the further substitution of auto buses in place of the trolley buses? The respondent, Public Service Coordinated Transport, has obtained the approval of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners for the use of auto...

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