Metro Van & Storage Co. v. Commonwealth

The principal issue on this appeal is whether a corporation can retain its previously held certificate of public convenience and necessity after its merger with another Virginia corporation having identical authority under the Household Goods Carriers Act.

*545On November 17, 1973, Metro Van & Storage Co., Inc. (Metro), located in Norfolk, Virginia, and Monroe Transfer & Storage Co., Inc. (Monroe), located in Hampton, Virginia, merged pursuant to statute1 with Monroe as the surviving corporation. Each corporation at that time held a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing…