Joint Application of Fort Wayne Transit, Inc. v. Indiana Motor Bus Co.

We must here interpret the Urban Mass Transportation Act of Indiana, hereinafter called UMT Act, IC 1971, 19-5-2-1 to 19-5-2-38, Ind. Ann. Stat. §§ 48-8801 (Burns 1972 Supp.), to determine whether the Public Service Commission, hereinafter called PSCI, has jurisdiction to approve the sale and transfer of Indiana Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity to operate motor vehicles as a common carrier of persons intrastate.

At the very threshold of this case we are confronted with the question of whether the PSCI had any jurisdiction over *292the Fort Wayne Transit, Inc., hereinafter referred…