[ G. R. No. 40425. March 27, 1934 ] 59 Phil. 802
[ G. R. No. 40425. March 27, 1934 ]
RAMON SILOS, PETITIONER AND APPELLANT, VS. MANILA YELLOW TAXICAB CO., INC., FAUSTO BARREDO, ANA VIUDA DE COROMINAS, TEODORO R. YANGCO, ACRO TAXICAB CO., INC., FRANCISCO JAVIER, AND PASAY TRANSPORTATION CO., RESPONDENTS AND APPELLEES. D E C I S I O N
HULL, J.:
Ramon Silos applied to the Public Service Commission for a certificate of public convenience and authority to operate a fleet of twenty-five midget taxicabs in the City of Manila and its suburbs.
After hearing, the commission denied the application, and this appeal was then brought.
Among the reasons given by the commission for its action in refusing to grant the certificate prayed for, was the doubt the commission had of the financial responsibility of applicant. At the time of the hearing there was strong opposition from the existing taxicab operators to the granting of any additional certificates, especially as they stood able and willing to increase their present equipment to any extent deemed necessary by the commission to meet the demand for taxicabs.
There was also a serious doubt in the minds of the commission at the time of the hearing whether additional taxicabs were in fact necessary, and if so, how many.
On the whole record we are convinced that in denying the application of appellant the Public Service Commission did not act arbitrarily but in the exercise of its sound discretion entrusted to them by law, and that therefore this court should not interfere with the orders in question.
The appeal is dismissed. Costs against appellant. So ordered.
Street, Abad Santos, and Imperial, JJ., concur.