Farson Motor Lines, Inc. v. Pinson Transfer Co.

CULLEN, Commissioner.

The Kentucky Department of Motor Transportation granted a contract carrier permit to Farson Motor Lines authorizing the transportation of steel products from Armco Steel Company, at Ashland, to Lexington. Protesting carriers appealed to the Franklin Circuit Court, which entered judgment setting aside the order of the department. Farson has appealed from the judgment.

The circuit court concluded that there was no substantial evidence to support the finding of the department that the service of existing carriers is inadequate, which finding is essential to the granting of a…