State v. Wilton Railroad

It was held in Thompson v. Railroad, 86 N. H. 204, that if a railroad’s cessation or curtailment of service is unreasonable, the public service commission has power to order restoration to the extent necessary to establish reasonable service. Since here complete discontinuance of passenger service is reasonable, the questions are limited to the defendants’ obligation to furnish any passenger service, and, if the obligation exists, whether the service now furnished is a compliance with it.

The defendants would have the Wilton charter construed as not requiring any service unless there is a…