Philadelphia-Detroit Lines, Inc. v. United States

STRUM, District Judge.

In the above-entitled cause the Court makes the following findings of fact:

1. Philadelphia-Detroit Lines, Inc., is a corporation carrying on the business of a common carrier with a principal place of business at Jacksonville, Fla.

2. The plaintiff’s predecessor, C. D. Gill, doing business as “Phila.-Detroit Lines, Inc.” of Butler, Pa., on or about February 12, 1936, filed with the defendant Interstate Commerce Commission an application for a certificate of convenience and necessity under the “grandfather” clause of Section 206(a) of the Motor Carrier Act, 1935, 49…