Beaver Valley Water Co. v. Public Service Commission

Citations

• 70 Pa. Super. 621
• 1918 Pa. Super. LEXIS 310

Syllabus

<p>Public Service Commission — Water companies — Regulations— Requirement as to payment of arrearages of rent by former owner.</p> <p>The Public Service Commissipn has authority to determine whether the rules and regulations of utilities companies are reasonable. ’</p> <p>The rule of a water company requiring arrearages of water rents for service to a former owner to be paid by a successor in title as a condition precedent to service, is an unreasonable rule and will not be enforced by the Public Service Commission; and especially is this the case where another rule of the company provides that service may be cut off when a customer is in arrears for ten days, and still another rule provides that the company may demand from all such persons, and all persons whose ability to pay may be doubted, deposits or security in advance.</p>