Ohio Valley Transit Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

By the Court.

On June 17, 1926, one M. D. Boich applied for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to operate a motorbus line, consisting of five busses of five passengers each, between the cities of Steubenville and Bridgeport, Ohio, a distance of about 24 miles. Between these termini are Rayland, about 9 miles north of Bridgeport, Brilliant, about 9 miles north of Rayland, and Steubenville, a city, located about 6 miles north of Brilliant. Three protests were filed opposing the application. The Ohio Transit Company, an existing motorbus line carrying passengers between…