Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Public Service Commission
West Virginia Supreme Court
Petition by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company against the Public Service Commission to suspend an order entered on the petition of John Vawter and others.
1Opinion of the Court
LyNci-i, Judge:
After due notice and hearing, upon the petition of John Vawter and others similarly situated, the Public Service Commission entered an order requiring the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, a common carrier, to inaugurate and maintain a passenger service, to consist of two trains daily ea.ch way except Sunday, between Hawk’s Nest, a station on its main line, and Ansted, a distance therefrom of two and a half miles. Ansted, according to the proof, has a population of 1200 to 1500 people, and is the trade center for an active business community surrounding it with an estimated…
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