Short Freight Lines, Inc. v. Michigan Public Service Commission & Central Transport, Inc.

We are confronted in this appeal with the single question of whether intervening defendant’s transferor Kramer-Consolidated Freight Lines, Inc. had abandoned or discontinued service to the town of Pinconning1 within the meaning of MCLA § 476.13 (Stat Ann § 22.546),2 such that its operating authority should be considered revoked as a matter of law. Plaintiff had brought the action to the Ingham County Circuit Court pursuant to MCLA § 479.20 (Stat Ann 1970 Cum Supp § 22.585), appealing the decision of the defendant commission that the transferor had not so abandoned or discontinued service by…