Virginia Dare Transp. Co. v. Norfolk Southern Bus Corp.

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

Transactions between Virginia Dare Transportation Company and Norfolk Southern Bus Corporation, carriers of freight by motor truck, have led to two law suits with respect to the operation of a route between Norfolk, Virginia, and Manteo, North Carolina, with a branch extending westerly from Sligo, North Carolina, an intermediate point, to Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The parties entered into a contract on June 6, 1940, with respect to the exercise of franchises, issued or to be issued to them by the Interstate Commerce Commission, for the route in question, whereby it…