Arkansas Railroad Commission v. Independent Bus Line

Cases Nos. 9800 and 9816 have been consolidated, since the legal question involved in each is identical.

Case No. 9800 arose out of an application on March 26, 1926, by the Independent-Bus Lines, Incorporated, to the Arkansas Eailroad Commission for a permit to operate a motor bus line on certain roads leading out of Helena, over which the Messino Bus Company was operating a motor bus line under a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued to it by the Eailroad Commission. The Messino Bus Company intervened and contested the right of the applicant to a permit on the ground that…