Huntington Chamber of Commerce v. Public Service Commission

Ritz, Judge:

The respondent, Guyandotte & Proctorsville Ferry Company, filed before the respondent Public Service Commission of West Virginia an application for permission to increase its rates of ferriage. The petitioners here appeared before the Public Service Commission in opposition to this application and questioned the right of said Commission to consider the same, upon the ground that the Public Service Commission Act, so far as it conferred upon the Public Service Commission authority to fix rates of ferriage, was in violation of § 24 of art. 8 of the Constitution, their, contention…