Carolina Motor Service, Inc. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

The plaintiffs are contract truck carriers engaged in the transportation of gasoline and kerosene in intrastate commerce from the terminal port of Wilmington to certain interior points in North Carolina, and operating independently of public utility regulations. They contend that they are entitled to have enjoined the promulgation and the putting into effect of the proposed rates for two reasons, first, such rates are unjustly discriminatory and in violation of chapter 307, Public Laws of 1933, N. C. Code of 1935 (Michie), sec. 1112 (1) to (36), commonly known as the Public Utilities Act,…