Johnston v. Alabama Public Service Commission

Appellants seek to reverse a final decree of the Montgomery County circuit court, in equity, which approved and affirmed an order of the Alabama Public Service Commission, and declared Title 10, § 74, Code of Alabama 1940, to be constitutional. The order granted a certificate to Hunt Oil Company [pursuant to this section] declaring that Hunt’s construction of a 100-mile long private pipeline from the Gilbertown oil fields to Hunt’s oil refinery in Tuscaloosa would be in furtherance of the industrial development of Hunt Oil Company in Alabama. Such an order is a prerequisite to Hunt’s…