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Manila Electric Company vs. Balagtas

MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, PASAY TRANSPORTATION CO., INC., PAMPANGA BUS COMPANY, RAYMUNDO TRANSPORTATION CO., INC., ACRO TAXICAB COMPANY, INC., MANILA YELLOW TAXICAB CO., INC., FRANCISCO JAVIER, ANA VIUDA DE COROMINAS, and FAUSTO BARREDO, petitioners, vs. CATALINO BALAGTAS, VICTORIA GARCIA, ENRIQUETA DEL CASAL, LUIS FAJARDO, ENGRACIA VENTURA, ISIDORO D. ORA, ISABEL ABLAZA, and RAFAEL TRIAS, respondents.

G.R. Nos. 39609 , 39643-39649 | 1933-09-20

D E C I S I O N

MALCOLM, J:

These eight cases and a respectable number of other cases pending before the Public Service Commission relate to the right of various operators of autocalesas to secure the issuance of certificates of public convenience. More specifically, there is only one fundamental question before the appellate court, and this is whether or not it clearly appears that there was no evidence before the Public Service Commission to support reasonably its orders granting certificates of public convenience (Public Service Commission Act, No. 3108, sec. 35), for the reason that the operation of autocalesas in the City of Manila...