State ex rel. Utilities Commission v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

Tbe application of the defendant Railroad Company filed with the Utilities Commission was not for the .purpose of obtaining authority to close its railroad station at Stokes, but to close the agency, that is, to dispense with the services of a local agent at that station, for the reasons set out in the application.

The facts were not controverted. The question presented to us for decision is whether these facts afford substantial evidence, in view of the entire record, which would support the conclusion reached by the court below that public convenience and necessity warranted the continued…