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PENNSYLVANIA R. CO. v. COMMONWEALTH

79 S.E.2d 607 (1954)

195 Va. 538

PENNSYLVANIA R. CO. v. COMMONWEALTH ex rel. STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION, et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 25, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mears & Mears, Eastville, Va., for appellant.

J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen., William C. Seibert, Richmond, Ernest Ruediger, Accomac, J. Brooks Mapp, Keller, R. Norman Mason, Accomac, A. Swilling, Far Rockaway, N. Y., for appellees.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH, and WHITTLE, JJ.

EGGLESTON, Justice.

In September, 1952 the Pennsylvania Railroad Company filed a petition with the State Corporation Commission seeking authority to discontinue its agency service and abandon its stations at Weirwood, Belle Haven, Keller, Melfa and Mears, in Virginia, and to maintain these locations only for carload freight shipments. The petition alleged that the receipts derived from these agencies do not justify, nor do the public convenience and necessity require...

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