Case Name: County of Beaver, Appellant v. The Public Service Commission
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1925-04-28
Citations: 85 Pa. Super. 422
Docket Number: Appeals, Nos. 144, 145 and 146
Parties: County of Beaver, Appellant v. The Public Service Commission.
Judges: Before Porter, Henderson, Trexler, Keller, Linn and Gawthrop, JJ. Quashed.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 85
Pages: 422–424

Head Matter:
County of Beaver, Appellant v. The Public Service Commission.
April 28, 1925:
Argued April 18, 1925.
Before Porter, Henderson, Trexler, Keller, Linn and Gawthrop, JJ. Quashed.
Samuel B. Wilson, County Solicitor, for appellant.
A. G. Helbling, for John B. Shannon and Jim Carline, interveners.
Richgrd S. Holt, of Holt, Holt do Richardson, tor William Meyer, intervener.
Frank M. Hunter, Counsel, and with him John Fox Weiss, Asst. Counsel, for the Public Service Commission.

Opinion:
Per Curiam,
These are separate appeals from awards of damages or compensation made by the Public Service Commis sion in proceedings for the elimination of a grade crossing in the County of Beaver. The grounds of appeal as stated in the petition to this court are: (1) That the awards were excessive; (2) That the commission did not view the premises. They go to the amounts of the respective awards and not to the authority of the commission to make any awards to the intervening appellees. The appellant is, under the circumstances, undoubtedly entitled to a jury trial to determine how much, if any, damages it should pay the parties injured by the construction.
The Public Service Company Law (article VI, section 17) provides that in such a situation the appeal from the award of the commission must be to the court of the proper county, that is, in this instance, to the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County.
The appeals are quashed.