Modeste v. Public Utilities Commission
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from the denial by the Public Utilities Commission of an application by the plaintiff for a certificate permitting him to operate a jitney service over certain described routes, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Keeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered dismissing the application and confirming the decision of the Utilities Commission, and appeal by the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtCurtis, J.
The plaintiff made application to the Public Utilities Commission under § 3 of Chapter 77 of the Public Acts of 1921, for a certificate to operate a jitney over certain specified routes. * As to each route specified there were several applicants, and the Commission heard all applicants at the same time, and found that public convenience and necessity required a jitney service over the specified routes, and thereupon selected from the several applicants for certificates one applicant (not the plaintiff) as to each route, and granted a certificate to such applicant, and found that public…
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