Alabama Public Service Commission v. AAA Motor Lines, Inc.

On the Merits.

This is an appeal by respondents from a decree of the circuit court declaring void an order of the Alabama Public Service Commission. The complainant is a common carrier by motor vehicle operating under certificate issued by the Commission. The Commission is the respondent named in the bill. Competing carriers intervened in the declaratory proceedings and are appellants also.

On June 18, 1957, complainant, herein sometimes referred to as AAA, filed its bill of complaint. The bill avers that prior to January 7, 1957, AAA held Certificate No. 936, issued by the Commission,…