Stony's Trucking Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

Leach, J,

Appellant asserts that the Public Utilities Commission acted unlawfully and unreasonably in interpreting appellant’s Certificate No. 784-1 and in ordering appellant to cease and desist from transporting iron and steel articles. It argues that Certificate No. 784-1, issued to its predecessor in interest in 1939, authorizes “* # * the transportation of certain iron and steel articles,” thus authorizing the tariff filed by it on January 14, 1971.

In reaching its decision, the commission examined the history of Certificate No. 784-1. It concluded that the hauling of iron and steel…