Court Opinion

ID: 6736004
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-20 23:18:29.356608+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:01:46.848524
License: Public Domain

MARSHALL, C. J.
1. Where the public utilities commission has authorized a motor bus operation but neglected at the time to make a formal order- or to issue the certificate, such hearing and determination constitutes the exercise of administrative -discretion and the formal order can be entered at a later daté. The omission to issue the certificate does not avoid the proceedings and the ministerial act of such issuance can likewise be performed at a later date.
2. Alleged irregularities and technical defects in the proceedings for the authorization and issuance of a certificate of convenience and necessity for a motor bus operation cannot be challenged by a protestant in a hearing for transfer of such certificate but must be brought to the attention of the commission in a separate proceeding upon complaint filed and five *157days notice thereof to the holder of such certificate and hearing thereon.
Order affirmed.
Day, Allen, Kinkade, Robinson, Jones and Matthias, JJ., .concur.