Black Ball Freight Service v. Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission

To give this case its proper setting we quote from City Sanitary Serv., Inc. v. Washington Util. & Transp. Comm’n, 64 Wn.2d 739, 741, 393 P.2d 952 (1964), as follows:

The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission is an administrative agency, and as such is a fact-finding tribunal. Herrett Trucking Co. v. Washington Public Ser. Comm., 58 Wn. (2d) 542, 364 P. (2d) 505; State ex rel. Arrow Transp. Co. v. Washington Util. & Transp. Comm., 60 Wn. (2d) 825, 376 P. (2d) 433. Its findings of fact are by statute (RCW 81.04.430) made prima facie correct, and the burden is upon the one attacking…