GA 40-1-106 - GA 40-1-106

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Editor's notes. - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under former Code 1933, § 68-609 and former O.C.G.A. § 46-7-7 are included in the annotations for this Code section. Principles generally accepted as elements of proof of public convenience and necessity. - In determining whether the public interest requires the service and whether the certificate should be granted, the commission was directed by statute to consider the five subjects set out in former Code 1933, § 68-609. While these provisions were only directory or advisory, and it was not mandatory that each be proved before the commission was authorized to grant a certificate, this court recognized that this was a pronouncement by the General Assembly of principles of law generally ac...