Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Public Service Commission

Citations

• 117 Wash. 593
• 202 P. 4
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 905

Syllabus

<p>Railroads (9) — Physical Connections — Public Necessity — Evidence — Sufficiency. The question of public necessity and reasonableness of an order of the public service commission requiring a physical connection of the tracks of two railroads, made pursuant to Rem. Code, § 8626-61, is determinable by the courts by a consideration of the places and persons interested, the volume of business to be affected, the saving in time and expense to the shipper, as against the cost and loss to the carrier.</p> <p>Same (9). On a writ to review an order of the public service commission directing a physical connection between two railroads, it is held that the evidence fails to show a public necessity for the track connection.</p>