State ex rel. Utilities Commission v. State

For historic 'background of this proceeding see Utilities Commission v. State, 243 N.C. 12, 89 S.E. 2d 727, and s. c. on rehearing, 243 N.C. 685, 91 S.E. 2d 899, to which, and the records on which they are based, reference is here made for statement of facts involved.

Nevertheless, a recital in substance of salient facts is appropriate to this appeal.

Reference thereto reveals that on 3 January, 1952, the Utilities Commission of North Carolina granted petition of “the railroads operating in the State of North Carolina” for a six per cent increase in their freight rate schedules for intrastate…