Scherer Freight Lines, Inc. v. ILL. COMMERCE COM'N AND HOLLAND CARTAGE CO.

'Mr. Chief Justice Hershey

delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves consolidated appeals from an order of the circuit court of Winnebago County dismissing appeals from an order of the Illinois Commerce Commission. We have jurisdiction on direct appeal under section 69 of the Public Utilities Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 1115/3, par. 73-

The only issue is a narrow procedural question, and the facts necessary to an understanding of the problem are undisputed. On November 5, 1958, Holland Cartage Company filed an application with the Illinois Commerce Commission for an extension…