Seaboard Air Line Railroad v. Commonwealth

This appeal by Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company resulted from an order of the State Corporation Commission dismissing its application to amend a certificate of public convenience and necessity No. F-773 (restricted), which had been granted it by the Commission on April 18, 1958, pursuant to the provisions of § 56-287.1, Code 1950, as amended.

Under the existing certificate, Seaboard is authorized to transport by its motor vehicles less than carload freight or express “as a substitute for transportation by rail on railroad bills of lading or express receipts, at published railroad or express…