Arkansas Commerce Comm'n v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.

Frank Holt, Justice.

Pursuant to Ark. Stat. Ann. § 73-809(b) (Supp. 1967), tbe appellee filed with the Arkansas Commerce Commission a notice of the discontinuance of its agency station at Stamps, Arkansas. A requisite number of the qualified electors of the city signed and filed a petition with the Commission protesting the station closing and asking re-establishment of the station. After two separate hearings the Commission sustained the protestants’ demurrer at the close of appellee’s case. The Commission then made a Report and Order denying appellee the authority to discontinue its agency…