Piercely v. Public Service Commission

Citations

• 73 Pa. Super. 212
• 1919 Pa. Super. LEXIS 210

Syllabus

<p>Public Service Company Law — Common carriers — Automobiles— Operation as common carrier.</p> <p>An order of the Public Service Commission addressed to a certain owner of an automobile, holding him to be a common carrier and commanding him to desist from the operation thereof until a certificate of public convenience be obtained, will be sustained where the evidence establishes the fact that the respondent operated his car upon the principal streets of the municipality, solicited patronage of the public, and held himself'ready to transport passengers up to the limit of the capacity of his car, receiving indifferently all persons who applied for transportation.</p> <p>Where the finding of the commission that the respondent was operating as a common carrier was based upon competent evidence its decision will not be reversed on appeal.</p>