HARRY F. ATKINSON & SONS v. PA. P.U.C.


186 Pa.Super. 537 (1958)

Harry F. Atkinson & Sons, Appellant, v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

June 11, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Price, with him Richman, Price & Jamieson, for appellant.

Paul Ribner, Assistant Counsel, with him Howard L. Criden, Assistant Counsel, and Thomas M. Kerrigan, Acting Counsel, for Public Utility Commission, appellee.

Morris J. Winokur, and Winokur & Kahn, for applicant, intervening appellee.

Before RHODES, P.J., GUNTHER, WRIGHT, WOODSIDE, ERVIN, and WATKINS, JJ. (HIRT, J., absent).


OPINION BY GUNTHER, J., June 11, 1958:

This appeal is from an order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission by Harry F. Atkinson and Sons, a common carrier by truck, granting additional motor carrier operating authority to William G. Thompson, intervening appellee. The contention is that the Commission's order is not supported by substantial evidence and is, therefore, an abuse of discretion.

On July 30, 1956, William G. Thompson, holder of certificates...

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