Retail Stores Delivery, Inc. v. Department of Public Utilities & an Intervener

This is a bill in equity under G. L. c. 25, § 5, as amended by St. 1953, c. 575, § 1, and St. 1956, c. 190. The plaintiffs are carriers of property by motor vehicle which are subject to G. L. c. 159B. Retail Stores Delivery, Inc., is a contract carrier, and Stone’s Express, Inc., and Railway Express Agency, Incorporated, are common carriers. The bill seeks the annulment of an order of the department of public utilities dismissing the appeals of the plaintiffs from orders of the commercial motor vehicle division. The principal appeal concerns the order entered May 29, 1956, which authorized…