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APPLICATION OF CHICAGO & N.W.R.R. CO.

No. 2850

79 Wyo. 343 (1959)

334 P.2d 519

In the matter of the application of Chicago and North Western Railway Company for an order authorizing it to discontinue all express service between Casper, Wyoming, and the Wyoming Nebraska state line, and for authority to terminate its contract with Prairie Motorways for the performance of motor transportation service in connection therewith. Chicago and North Western Railway Company, a Corporation, Appellant vs. Public Service Commission of Wyoming; Lions Club of Lusk, Wyoming; Allen Fosher of Manville, Wyoming; and Casper Chamber of Commerce Appellees.

Supreme Court of Wyoming

January 20, 1959

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant, the cause was submitted upon the briefs of Loomis, Lazear & Wilson of Cheyenne, Wyoming; Neely and Otis of Omaha, Nebraska; and Edgar Vanneman, Jr., of Chicago, Illinois; and oral argument by Harry B. Otis.

For the appellees, the cause was submitted upon the briefs of Thomas O. Miller, Attorney General, and Ralph M. Kirsch, Special Assistant Attorney General, both of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and oral argument by Mr. Kirsch.

Heard before Blume, C.J., and Parker and Harnsberger, JJ.

OPINION

Mr. Justice Parker delivered the opinion of the court.

The Chicago and North Western Railway Company in 1956 filed an application with the Public Service Commission of Wyoming, praying for an order authorizing it to discontinue service "between the Wyoming-Nebraska State Line and Douglas and Casper."1 Applicant also sought to terminate...

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