PHILADELPHIA v. PA. P.U.C.


185 Pa.Super. 598 (1958)

Philadelphia, Appellant, v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

February 11, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Valente, Assistant City Solicitor, with him David Berger, City Solicitor, for appellant.

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

Peter Platten, with him Hamilton C. Connor, Jr., and Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, for applicant, intervening appellee.

Thomas M. Hindman, for School District of Cheltenham Township and Cheltenham Township School District Authority, intervening appellees, submitted a brief.

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


OPINION BY HIRT, J., February 11, 1958:

On December 13, 1956 Philadelphia Transportation Company (which we will refer to as the Company) filed an application with the Public Utility Commission at A83937, for leave to abandon service and facilities on the portion of Rail Route 6 between Cheltenham Avenue (Philadelphia City Line) and the village of Willow Grove to the north, in Montgomery County. In a second concurrent application at A59145, the Company sought the right...

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