Bradley v. Pennsylvania Railroad

Citations

• 66 Pa. Super. 428
• 1917 Pa. Super. LEXIS 283

Syllabus

<p>Railroads — Rates—Passenger rates — Carriers — Discrimination.</p> <p>An order of the Public'Service Commission dismissing a petition against a railroad company for discrimination in passenger rates, will be affirmed where it appears that the company charged the same-rates of fare to a station 2.7 miles from its terminal as to a station 4.1 miles, and the commission finds from sufficient and competent' evidence that the business between the terminal and first station was carried on at a considerable loss, and that there was a greater relative cost of transportation to the first station than to the second.</p> <p>Neither the Constitution nor the legislation relating to the regulation of common carriers requires that the cost of transportation shall be proportionate to the distance over which. the service is rendered.</p>