Motor Transport & Truck Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

It is contended by counsel for plaintiff in error, (1) That the Public Utilities Commission is without authority to deny its application to operate a motortruck service in interstate commerce, on the route applied for upon the ground that the highway over which it seeks to operate is so badly congested that the maintenance of the proposed motortruck serv ice by the applicant would create an excessive and undue hazard to the safety and security of the traveling public and to the property upon such highway; and (2) that if the Public Utilities Commission does have such power the record in this…