Leonard Bros. Transfer & Storage Co. v. Boyd

THORNAL, Justice.

By petition for writ of certiorari the petitioners, who were protestants before the Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission, seek review of an order of the Commission removing certain restrictions as to domicile from a certificate of limited common carriage previously issued to Florida Tank Lines, Inc.

We are called upon to determine whether a showing of public convenience and necessity must be made to support an application for the removal of restrictions which limit the domiciling of equipment under a limited certificate of common carriage for “heavy hauling.”

We…