Circle Express Co. v. Iowa State Commerce Commission

The principal question presented by this appeal is whether evidence relating to the present operations of the Circle Express Company justified a finding that said company was holding itself out to the public generally, expressly or by proper inference or implication, that it was willing to transport for hire a certain class of goods between certain termini or on a certain route. The Iowa State Commerce Commission, herein referred to as the “commission”, thought it did, and issued a cease and desist order in view of the fact that the plaintiff-company did not possess a certificate as required…