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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO. v. DEPT. OF PUBLIC UTIL.

14 N.J. 411 (1954)

102 A.2d 618

THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, A CORPORATION, APPELLANT, v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, RESPONDENT. BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN AND ENGINEMEN, BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN, ORDER OF RAILWAY CONDUCTORS AND BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS, ADDITIONAL APPELLANTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided February 1, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Raymond J. Lamb argued the cause for the appellant (Messrs. Emory, Langan & Lamb, attorneys; Mr. A.S. Schroeder of the Pennsylvania bar, of counsel; Messrs. Charles W. Hutchinson and Samuel Lyon, on the brief).

Mr. John E. Toolan argued the cause for the additional appellants (Messrs. Toolan, Haney & Romond, attorneys).

Mr. John R. Sailer, Deputy Attorney-General, argued the cause for the respondent (Mr. Theodore D. Parsons, Attorney-General, and Mr. Frank H. Sommer, attorneys).

The opinion of the court was delivered by JACOBS, J.

This is an appeal from an order of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners dated April 28, 1953; it has been certified to this court pursuant to R.R. 1:10. See 13 N.J. 430 (1953).

On the evening of February 6, 1951 there was a disastrous wreck on the Perth Amboy and Woodbridge branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Eighty-four lives were lost and approximately 860 persons...

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