Andrews Van Lines, Inc. v. Nielsen & Petersen, Inc.

The Nebraska State Railway Commission granted appellee’s application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the statewide transportation of household goods over nonradial irregular routes. Competing carriers have appealed.

The basic issue here centers around the appellee’s grandfather certificate issued March 31, 1938, covering appellee’s operations as of the grandfather date of April 1, 1936. Upon the issuance of the grandfather certificate in 1938, the appellee raised a specific question with the commission as to whether the language of the certificate authorized…