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PHILA. v. PENN. PUBLIC UTILITY COM.

173 Pa.Super. 38 (1953)

Philadelphia, Appellant, v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

March 9, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold E. Kohn, Special Deputy City Solicitor, with him William T. Coleman, Jr., Assistant Special Deputy City Solicitor, and Abraham L. Freedman, City Solicitor, for City of Philadelphia, appellant.

Clarence M. Freedman, Assistant Counsel, with him Thomas M. Kerrigan, Assistant Counsel, and Lloyd S. Benjamin, Acting Counsel, for Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, appellee.

Hamilton C. Connor, Jr., with him Peter Platten, M. Carton Dittmann, Jr., Allen Hunter White, and Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, for Philadelphia Transportation Company, intervening appellee.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, RENO, DITHRICH, ROSS and GUNTHER, JJ.

OPINION BY RHODES, P.J., March 9, 1953:

On February 29, 1952, the Philadelphia Transportation Company filed with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission new tariffs prescribing increased bus and rail fares. The tariffs provided for the elimination of the token rate of 13 1/3 cents (3 tokens for 40 cents) for a single vehicle ride and for the charging of a straight 15 cent fare; for an additional 3 cent charge...

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