Public Utilities Commission v. Weicker Transportation Co.

Action in certiorari involving authority of the Public Utilities Commission, on its own motion to enlarge or clarify a permit to transport freight for hire issued to a private carrier, so as to include intermediate points on his route, when such intermediate points were not mentioned in his application or in his permit. The trial court held that the commission, in assuming to exercise such authority, abused its discretion, and exceeded its jurisdiction. The commission and the carrier Goldstein, as plaintiffs in error, seek reversal of that judgment. Defendant in error Weicker Transportation…