Legal Opinion
Service Storage & Transfer Co. v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 10, 1958No. Record 4748PublishedCited by 3 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This is an appeal of right from an order of the State Corporation Commission wherein Service Storage and Transfer Company, Inc. (hereinafter called Service) was fined $500 for each of ten alleged violations of Chapter 12, Title 56, Code of Virginia, 1950, the aggregate of the fines being $5,000.
The case grows out of a prosecution of Service under § 56-304.12 of the Code for allegedly operating as a common carrier in intrastate commerce on the highways of Virginia without a certificate of convenience and necessity in violation of § 56-278.
Service is a common carrier by motor vehicle, operating…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Lone Star Gas Co. v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Eichholz v. Public Service Commission of MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. TowersSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Eastern Carrier Corporation v. United StatesDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1939
3Cited by3 opinions
- Service Storage & Transfer Co. v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Agricultural Services Ass'n v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1970
- Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission v. Jones Motor Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1959