Board of Public Utility Commissioners v. Manila Electric Railroad & Light Co.

Citations

• 249 U.S. 262
• 39 S. Ct. 272
• 63 L. Ed. 596
• 1919 U.S. LEXIS 2149

Syllabus

<p>A judgment of the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands, which denied the right of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners to require a Manila street car company to give free transportation to detectives wearing their badges concealed, and was based wholly upon a construction of the company’s franchise ordinance, held not subject to review under Jud. Code, § 248, before the amendment of September 6, 1916, (1) as clearly not involving the Constitution or any statute, treaty, title or privilege of the United States, and (2) because the value in controversy was not shown to exceed 125,000.</p>