City of Reading v. United Traction Co.

Citations

• 236 Pa. 197
• 84 A. 666
• 1912 Pa. LEXIS 734

Syllabus

<p>Street railways — Rate of fare — Strip tickets — Ordinance— Agreement — Equity.</p> <p>Where a street railway company and a city enter into negotiations relating to the construction of an extension or loop between two of its lines, and as a result of the negotiations an ordinance is passed granting permission for the extension and providing that “the rate of fare shall not exceed five cents for a single fare, or six tickets for twenty-five cents,” this being the rate of fare prior to the passage of the ordinance, neither the street railway company, nor another company to which it has leased all its lines, can subsequently abolish the sale of six tickets for twenty-five cents to or from points on the two lines for which the extension or loop was allowed by the city.</p>