State Ex Rel. Pitcairn v. Public Service Commission

M.C. Foster, who will be known herein as applicant, filed application before the Public Service Commission, hereinafter known as respondent, seeking a certificate of convenience and necessity under the provisions of Article 8, Chapter 33, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1929, as amended by Laws of Missouri, 1931, at page 304. Norman B. Pitcairn and Frank C. Nicodemus, receivers of the Wabash Railway Company, who will be referred to herein as appellants, resisted the granting of the certificate. From an order of respondent granting the certificate they appealed to the circuit court. That court…