Howard v. Public Service Commission

Citations

• 77 Pa. Super. 188
• 1921 Pa. Super. LEXIS 236

Syllabus

<p>Public Service Commission — 1Public Service Company Law — Common carriers — Jitneys—Operation without certificate of public convenience — Evidence.</p> <p>An order of the Public Service Commission, requiring respondent who did not have a certificate of public convenience to cease and to desist from operating a motor vehicle as a common carrier, will be affirmed, where it appeared that the latter conducted a line of autobusses, which moved on a regular schedule between certain localities, and received a uniform fare from any passenger who chose to ride. Under such circumstances, there was competent testimony before the commission that the respondent was operating, as a common carrier without a certificate of public convenience, and the order of the commission was reasonable and in conformity with law.</p>