City of Scranton v. Scranton Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania June 26, 1920

City of Scranton v. Scranton Railway Co., 268 Pa. 200 (Pa. 1920)

111 A. 241; 1920 Pa. LEXIS 651

Brown, Frazer, Moschzisker, Simpson, Walling

Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Brown,

The bill of the City of Scranton was dismissed by the learned chancellor especially presiding, because he was of opinion that jurisdiction of the complaint was in the Public Service Commission in the first instance, and he but followed what was distinctly held in St. Clair Borough v. Tamaqua & Pottsville Electric Railway Company, 259 Pa. 462.

Appeal dismissed at appellant’s costs.

Reference

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Syllabus: Public Service Commission —Jurisdiction — Street railways— Rates — Act of July 26, 1918, P. L. 187k- Under the Act of July 26, 1913, P. L. 1374, the Public Service Commission has jurisdiction in the first instance to adjudge the reasonableness of rates charged by a street railway company. Until it has acted, the courts have no jurisdiction.