G.R. No. 38614. September 18, 1933
MIGUEL R. MATEO, APPLICANT AND APPELLEE, VS. MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, OPPONENT AND APPELLANT.
HULL, J.:
Manila Electric Company seeks a review of the decision of the Public
Service Commission rendered October 18, 1932, holding that the
limitation in the certificate of public convenience and necessity held
by Mateo has not been violated. The provision reads:
“Se
le prohibe a la cesionaria tomar pasajeros desde un punto servido por
los tranvias de la Manila Electric Company, para llevarlos a otro punto
servido por la misma compañia.”
The Manila
Electric Company contends that there is no difference between its
street-cars and its busses and that the limitation placed in the
certificate by the Public Service Commission should be so construed.
It is especially the function of the Public Service Commission to
interpret and decide the meaning of its own orders. The commission’s
application of the limitation above quoted to the facts of the present
case appears to be in strict accord with the letter of the limiting
clause.
The orders in question are therefore affirmed. Costs against the appellant. So ordered.
Malcolm, Villa-Real, Abad Santos, and Imperial, JJ., concur.