State ex rel. Utilities Commission & Contract Transporter, Inc. v. M.L. Hatcher Pickup & Delivery Services, Inc.

ERWIN, Judge.

Protestant’s appeal is based on three questions. The initial question asks:

“(1) Are the Utilities Commission’s findings of fact sufficient to support its conclusions that the proposed operations conform with the definition of a contract carrier and that the applicant has met the burden of proof prescribed by statute?”

We do not find error.

Contract Carrier

G.S. 62-262(i) sets out what the Commission must consider before it may issue a permit to a contract carrier. G.S. 62-31 authorizes the Commission to make rules and regulations. Pursuant thereto, the Commission promulgated NCUC…