Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Corporation Commission

OPINION

SOSA, Senior Justice.

This action arises from the New Mexico State Corporation Commission’s (Commission) order denying the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company’s (ATSF) petition to close its agency station located at Melrose, New Mexico. We hold that the Commission’s order was reasonable and just and will be enforced.

Following the filing of a petition by ATSF seeking permission to close and discontinue service through its agency station in Melrose, the Commission held a public hearing on July 28, 1981. At that hearing, the protestant, Melrose Grain & Elevator Co., Inc. (Melrose…