Northwest Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Department of Transportation

The present proceedings involve an order of the department of transportation which denied appellant the right to operate busses between Spokane and the area below Grand Coulee dam. After the order was entered, appellant secured a writ of review from the superior court of Thurston county. After trial, the court made and entered its decree sustaining the order made by the state department.

The 1949 legislature, by enacting chapter 117, Laws of 1949, created a public service commission and abolished the department of transportation. The act, which took effect April 1, 1949, provided that the…