State Ex Rel. North Carolina Utilities Commission v. Youngblood Truck Lines, Inc.

This appeal derives from the ruling of the North Carolina Utilities Commission on protestants’ motion to dismiss the petition for want of jurisdiction of the subject matter. The motion was grounded on the contention that the petitioner is not entitled to the relief sought unless it is made to appear that Helms Motor Express, Inc., the carrier with whom the petitioner seeks authority to interchange freight, desires to enter into a freight interchange arrangement with the petitioner. The motion was allowed and the proceeding was dismissed on the ground that the following jurisdictional defects…