Union Pacific Railroad v. State Corp. Commission

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment sustaining an order of the state corporation commission of Kansas, denying an application of Union Pacific Railroad Company for permission to discontinue the operation of certain passenger trains.

For convenience and in the interest of brevity the corporation commission will be referred to as the commission and the railroad company as the company throughout the course of portions of this opinion.

In November, 1946, the company made application to the commission for authority to discontinue the operation of its…