Magee Truck Lines, Inc. v. Bond

This case involves the validity of a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Public Service Commission to appellee under Section 8 of Chapter 142 of the Laws of 1938, which is colloquially referred to as the grandfather clause of the Mississippi Motor Carrier Regulatory Act. That section of the Act provides, among, other things, that: “No common carrier by motor vehicle . . . not herein exempted shall engage in intrastate operation on any highway within the state unles's there is in force with respect to such carrier, a 'certificate of public convenience and necessity…