Crown Coach Co. v. Ark. Public Service Comm.

This case is closely related to the proceedings considered in Mo. Pac. Transp. Co. v. Inter City Transit Co., 216 Ark. 95, 224 S. W. 2d 372. It will be convenient to review the earlier case briefly before coming to the facts in the present proceeding.

In 1948 Inter City Transit Company, which was then operating a bus service between Little Eock and Morrilton, applied for a certificate of convenience and necessity authorizing it to operate between Little Eock and Port Smith over highways 64 and 65 and between Russellville and Port Smith over highways 7 and 22. That application was resisted by…