Petersburg, Hopewell & City Point Railway Co. v. Commonwealth

This is an appeal from an order of the State Corporation Commission granting a certificate of public convenience and necessity to the Southside Transportation Company, Incorporated, for the operation of motor vehicles in furnishing passenger service between Peters-burg and Hopewell, Virginia, limited to three round-trips daily, taken by the respondent, petitioner here, which operates an electric line between those cities.

Petersburg is situated on the Appomattox river, at the head of navigation. It has about 35,000 inhabitants and is one of the oldest cities in Virginia. Hopewell is her…