Gulf, M. & O. R. v. Luter Motor Express

Mrs. L. M. Luter, doing business as Luter Motor Express, applied to the Mississippi Public Service Commission for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to operate as a common carrier, by vehicle, of commodities generally over regular routes and between fixed termini, there being two of these routes, which together extend over more than 1,000 miles and touch more than 100 towns and villages. The application was based solely upon the proviso in Section 8(a), Chap. 142, Laws 1938, which is generally referred to as the ‘ ‘ grandfather clause. ’ ’

The Commission granted the certificate…