Uintah Freight Lines v. Public Service Commission

CROCKETT, Justice.

Certiorari to review the action of the Public Service Commission of Utah in granting a contract motor carrier permit to Ashton’s, Inc., of Heber City, Utah, to operate as a contract motor carrier from Salt Lake City, Heber City and Devil’s Slide, Utah, to Roosevelt and Vernal, Utah. In seeking to reverse this order of the Commission, plaintiff raised two main questions: One related to the sufficiency of the evidence to justify the finding that there was no “reasonable or adequate” existing transportation facilities; the other to their claim that because defendant had been…