COMMUNITY OF WOODSTON v. STATE CORPORATION COMM.

No. 41,761

186 Kan. 747 (1960)

353 P.2d 206

COMMUNITY OF WOODSTON, et al., Appellants, v. STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed June 11, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey D. Ashworth, of Topeka, argued the cause, and A. Harry Crane, Ward D. Martin, Arthur L. Claussen and Raymond L. Spring, all of Topeka, and C.O. Griffith, of St. Louis, Missouri, were with him on the briefs for appellants.

James M. Caplinger, of Topeka, argued the cause, and J. Robert Wilson, of Topeka, was with him on the briefs for appellee State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas.

Ralph M. Hope, of Wichita, argued the cause, and W.F. Lilleston, George C. Spradling, Henry V. Gott, George Stallwitz, Richard W. Stavely, Charles S. Lindberg and Ronald M. Gott, all of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for appellee Missouri Pacific Railroad Company.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FATZER, J.:

The principal question presented is whether an order of the State Corporation Commission authorizing a railroad company to dualize 24 of its agency stations whereby one agent will serve two stations instead of one, is reasonable and lawful. The district court sustained the order, and eleven protesting cities and affected patrons and organizations have appealed...

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