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order requiring particular service

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From 206 U.S. 1 - Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. North Carolina Corporation Commission · 1907Most cited · 416 citing opinions

As the primal duty of a carrier is to furnish adequate facilities to the public, that duty may well be compelled, although, by doing so, as an incident some pecuniary loss from rendering such service may result. It follows, therefore, that the mere incurring of a loss from the performance of such a duty does not, in and of itself, necessarily give rise to the conclusion of unreasonableness.