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BALTIMORE TRANSIT CO. v. HESSEY

[No. 51, October Term, 1950 (Adv.).]

196 Md. 141 (1950)

75 A.2d 76

BALTIMORE TRANSIT COMPANY ET AL. v. HESSEY ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Petition to stay mandate, filed August 8, 1950.

Denied August 29, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence W. Miles, with whom were Henry H. Waters and J. Stanislaus Cook on the brief, for the appellants.

Charles D. Harris, General Counsel to the Public Service Commission, and Philip H. Dorsey, Jr., People's Counsel, for the Public Service Commission.

John J. Ghingher, Jr., Assistant City Solicitor of Baltimore, with whom were Thomas N. Biddison, City Solicitor, and Edwin Harlan, Deputy City Solicitor, on the brief, for the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

The cause was argued before MARBURY, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, GRASON and HENDERSON, JJ.

HENDERSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

On January 4, 1950 The Baltimore Transit Company and its wholly owned subsidiary The Baltimore Coach Company applied to the Public Service Commission of Maryland for authority to increase its fares from a basic 12 1/2 cent fare to a basic 15 cent fare per passenger. After an extended hearing the authority was denied on May 25, 1950, without prejudice to the submission of other proposals for changes in or modifications...

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