W.S. HATCH CO. v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

No. 8182.

3 Utah 2d 7 (1954)

277 P.2d 809

W.S. HATCH CO., A UTAH CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF UTAH; THE DENVER AND RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD CO., A DELAWARE CORPORATION; THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, A UTAH CORPORATION; AND GUY PRICHARD, D/B/A GUY PRICHARD TRANSFER, DEFENDANTS.

Supreme Court of Utah.

December 14, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marr, Wilkins & Cannon, and Mark K. Boyle, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

E.R. Callister, Atty. Gen., David E. Salisbury, Bryan P. Leverich, Fred L. Finlinson, Salt Lake City, for respondent.


CROCKETT, Justice.

The recent feverish search for uranium as a source material of atomic energy has given rise to extensive development in uranium mining in Utah. This has occasioned the necessity for the transportation of large quantities of sulfuric acid which is used in the processing of that ore. This was of course not foreseen, either by the carriers or by the Public Service Commission. The instant proceeding is in essence a contest between two carriers for the...

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