City of Pittsburgh v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.

Citations

• 259 Pa. 558
• 103 A. 372
• 1918 Pa. LEXIS 449

Syllabus

<p>Street railways — Bates—Change of rates — Posting and publication — Public Service Commission — Act of July 26, 1913, P. L. 11374</p> <p>1. The posting and publishing of a schedule changing the rates of a railway company are a condition precedent to the taking effect of the changed rate, and where the schedule of change is not properly posted the Public Service Commission may restrain a railway from, putting the rate into effect.</p> <p>2. An order of the Public Service Commission, requiring a street railway company to desist from collecting an increased rate of fare, which the company undertook to establish by a schedule filed with the Public Service Commission, was properly affirmed by the Superior Court, where it appeared that copies of the new schedule were sent to the agents of the railway company at its offices and stations where the business of the company was transacted, with directions to keep a copy of the same on file with the copy of the schedule of fares for street car service on file at such stations, but where no copy of the schedule was posted in the rooms to which the public had access, as required by Section 1 of Article II of the Public Service Company Law.</p>