State Ex Rel. Northern Pacific Transport Co. v. Public Service Commission

SATHRE, Judge.

This is an appeal by the Public Service Commission from a judgment of the district court, fourth judicial district, North Dakota,granting a peremptory writ of mandamus, directed to the Public Service Commission requiring it to decide two certain cases pending before it designated as cases M-968 and M-969. The writ was issued by the Hon. C. L. Foster, one of the judges of said district court and dated February 5, 1957.

On or about May 21, 1955, the Northern Pacific Transport Company, a subsidiary of and owned by the Northern Pacific Railway Company, presented to the Public Service…