Howard Hall Co. v. United States

This case, like United States v. Carolina Freight Carriers Corp., ante, p. 475, is an appeal from a district court of three judges (38 E. Supp. 556) convened to review an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission (24 M. C. C. 273) granting appellant a certificate of public convenience and necessity as a common carrier by motor vehicle under the so-called “grandfather clause” (§ 206 (a)) of the Motor Carrier Act of 1935. 49 U. S. C. § 306.

Appellant made application as a common carrier of general commodities operating over irregular routes. It sought authority to operate between all points in…