Wooster Freight Lines, Inc. v. Public Utilities Commission

The protestant and the commission agree that it is incumbent upon a contract motor carrier who seeks permission to add a shipper to his list, to show a deficiency in the service of a subsisting and protesting common carrier presently serving the shipper ; that there is a demand for the proffered service; and that the filling of such demand will not conflict with the public interest.

The attorney examiner, before whom the witnesses testified at length in this case, found specifically that “the proposed operation does not come within the definition of a motor transportation company and is that…