Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Fourth Annual of the Public Service Commission, Vol. 1: January, 1917; Reports and Orders
On November 6, 1915, the Board of Survey of Arlington filed in the Supreme Judicial Court a bill in equity to enjoin the Bay State Street Railway Company from rais ing the unit rate of fare within the limits of the town above five cents, upon the ground that such action would be in violation of one Of the clauses in the original location granted by the Selectmen of Arlington in 1897 to the Arlington and Winchester Street Railway Company, to whose rights, privileges and' obligations the Bay State Street Railway Com pany has succeeded. This case was reserved for the full bench, and on June 21, 1916, the bill was dismissed (224 Mass. Both this decision and the decision of the Supreme Judicial Court in the so-called stock ticker case, above mentioned, contained illuminating and important discussions of the powers of the Commission under the Public Service Commission Act of 1913 (st. 1913, c. And for purposes of convenient ref erence are hereinafter printed in full.
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