Ark. Commerce Comm. v. Ark. & Ozarks Rwy. Co.

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

This appeal involves the constitutionality of Act 62 of the Acts of 1961. The Arkansas & Ozarks Railway Corporation, in June, 1960, sought a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Interstate Commerce Commission to abandon its railroad line, which operates from Seligman, Missouri, to Harrison, Arkansas. Service and operations on the railroad had been discontinued in May, 1960, as a result of flooding, which rendered impassable appellee’s trackage and certain bridges in what is known as the Leatherwood Creek area. Following a lengthy hearing, the…