Legal Opinion
Seaboard Air Line Railroad v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 16, 1952No. Record 3980PublishedCited by 14 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company, hereinafter called Seaboard, made application to the State Corporation Commis*801sion for a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing it to operate as a common carrier of property (freight and express) by motor vehicle between Norfolk-Portsmouth, Virginia, and the Virginia-North Carolina state line near Branchville, Virginia.
The route over which Seaboard applied for permission is thus set out in its application:
“Prom Portsmouth over TJ. S. Highway 58 to junction with Va. Highway 35, thence over Va. Highway 35 to junction with Va. Highway…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Mulcahy v. Public Service CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1941
- Union Pac. R. v. Public Service CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1943
- Petersburg, Hopewell & City Point Railway Co. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1929
- Virginia Stage Lines, Inc. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1947
- Jessup v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1939
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Greyhound Corp., SE Greyhound Lines Div. v. CarterSupreme Court of Florida · 1960
- State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1961
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1953
- ATWOOD TRANSPORT COMPANY v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1955
- Groome Transportation, Inc. v. Virginia Department of Motor VehiclesCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1998
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