Baldwin v. State Corp. Commission

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

This action involves the right of a railroad company to conduct motor-carrier operations in this state through a contract carrier without holding itself out as a public motor earner, but under circumstances which in effect constitute a public motor-carrier business, in competition with other public carriers, without first obtaining from the corporation commission of this state a certificate of convenience and necessity.

The occasion for this controversy and the pertinent facts concerning it may be ascertained from a portion of the order of…