Germann Bros. Motor Transportation, Inc. v. Flora

CLAY, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a judgment confirming an order of the Department of Motor Transportation granting an intrastate motor common carrier certificate to appellee Flora. The area of proposed new service involves routes from Maysville to Flemingsburg and Maysville to Fairview, and intermediate points, which are now served by protestants Germann Brothers and Cumberland.

The Department found that the present service was inadequate, and determined that it could not consider the adverse economic effect upon existing carriers in the light of available freight to be handled in the…