Ark.-Best Freight System, Inc. v. Missouri Pacific Transport Co.

This case is a sequel to two earlier proceedings which reached this court, Ark. Express, Inc., v. Columbia Motor Transport Co., 212 Ark. 1, 205 S. W. 2d 716, and Ark. Motor Freight Line, Inc. v. Mo. Pac. Freight Transport Co., 230 Ark. 587, 326 S. W. 2d 820. In the first proceeding Columbia Motor Transport Company, which was the appellee’s predecessor, was granted authority to operate as a common carrier of general commodities over certain highway routes, but it was not permitted to carry freight originating in Little Rock and destined for El Dorado or Gurdon. In the second proceeding the…