Murphy Motor Freight Lines, Inc. v. Witte Transportation Co.

Murphy, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court denying a new trial after affirmance of an order of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission ordering appellant, Witte Transportation Company, to cease and desist from accepting freight for transportation between the Twin Cities metropolitan area and Winona and between the Twin Cities metropolitan area and Owatonna.

The proceedings were instituted upon the complaint of Murphy Motor Freight Lines, Inc., which operates as a regular route common carrier 1 of freight under a number of certificates issued by the Minnesota Railroad…