ALLEGHENY CO. et al. v. PA. P.U.C.


201 Pa.Super. 417 (1963)

Allegheny County et al., Appellants, v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

July 9, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice Louik, County Solicitor, with him Thomas M. Rutter, Jr., and Harold Gondelman, Assistant County Solicitors, for County of Allegheny, appellant.

Marion K. Finkelhor, Second Assistant City Solicitor, with him David W. Craig, City Solicitor, for City of Pittsburgh, appellant.

Harry A. Estep, appellant, in propria persona.

Daniel F. Joella, Assistant Counsel, with him Joseph I. Lewis, Chief Counsel, for Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, appellee.

James H. Booser, with him Harry H. Frank, and McNees, Wallace & Nurick, for railways company, intervening appellee.

Before RHODES, P.J., ERVIN, WRIGHT, WOODSIDE, WATKINS, MONTGOMERY, and FLOOD, JJ.


OPINION BY MONTGOMERY, J., July 9, 1963:

This is an appeal from an order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission permitting the Pittsburgh Railways Company to temporarily discontinue the operation of the Castle Shannon Incline Plane between Bailey Avenue and East Carson Street in Pittsburgh, a distance of approximately 1,350 feet.

The Railways Company filed a petition on April 19, 1962, to abandon service on the incline plane. The County of Allegheny...

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