Louisville & Nashville R. Co. v. Hammer

Mb. Chiee Justice Neil

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company filed its petition before the Railroad and Public Utilities Commission of the State of Tennessee in which it sought permission to discontinue Passenger Trains No. 1 and 4 between Knoxville and Copperhill, Tennessee. The petition was filed pursuant to the provisions of Chapter S4 of the Public Acts of 1949. The pertinent part of Section 2 of the Act, and which is deemed to be controlling, reads as follows: “Upon application by the carrier, the Commission shall authorize the discontinuance of…