Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. State Corp. Commission

This appeal involves an application filed with the State Corporation Commission by The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company for authority to substitute mobile agency service for its present full-time station agents at Ellerson, in Hanover County, and Sabot, in Goochland County. With one member dissenting, the Commission denied the application. On appeal, the sole question for decision is whether the Commission’s denial is supported by evidence.

The record shows that, at present, C&O has a full-time agent at its Ellerson station, another full-time agent at its Sabot station, and a mobile agent…