Hayes Motor Freight, Inc. v. Manning

IRWIN, Vice Chief Justice.

Appellant is a class A motor carrier and has authority to operate a regular route motor carrier service between a series of cities and towns in south-central Oklahoma. Appellee, Hayes Motor Freight, Inc., filed its application with the State Corporation Commission (Commission) for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity, which in effect would authorize it to offer similar services in the same area. On hearing and based “upon the testimony of witnesses and the documentary evidence offered and received” the Commission’s Referee concluded that “no substantial showing…