BALTO. TRANS. CO. v. PUB. SER. COMM.

[No. 106, October Term, 1954.]

206 Md. 533 (1955)

112 A.2d 687

BALTIMORE TRANSIT COMPANY ET AL. v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ET AL. (Three Appeals in One Record)

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for rehearing filed April 22, 1955.

Denied May 13, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Cleveland and Henry H. Waters for the Baltimore Transit Company.

Joseph Allen for the People's Counsel.

H. Donald Schwaab, Assistant City Solicitor of Baltimore, with whom were Thomas N. Biddison, City Solicitor, Edwin Harlan, Deputy City Solicitor, and Francis X. Gallagher, Assistant City Solicitor, on the brief, for the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

Walter R. Haile, Assistant County Solicitor for Baltimore County, with whom were Carroll W. Royston, County Solicitor, and Edward Paul Swiss, Assistant County Solicitor, on the brief, for the County Commissioners of Baltimore County.

Charles D. Harris, General Counsel, Public Service Commission, for the Commission.

The cause was argued before DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, HENDERSON and HAMMOND, JJ.


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

The Baltimore Transit Company sought permission from the Public Service Commission to increase its basic fare from seventeen cents to twenty cents, the zone fare from eight cents to ten cents, the student fare from eight cents to ten cents, and the limited stop fare from twenty cents to twenty-three cents. After hearings which extended over sixteen months, the Commission passed...

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