Fornarotto v. Board of Public Utility Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Minturn, J.

The application in this case is for a writ of certiorari to review the action of the board of public utility commissioners in refusing to grant a permit to the prosecutors for the operation of buses along a certain route prescribed in the application.

The question presented by the record is entirely one of fact as to whether the evidence before the board and the entire situation before them justified the conclusion reached.

The general power of the board, as well as the policy initiated by the legislation creating it is prescribed in section…