Howard Hall Co. v. United States

McCORD, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, Howard Hall Company, Inc., is an Alabama corporation operating as a motor carrier with offices and principal place of business in Birmingham, Alabama. On February 11, 1936, it filed application with the Interstate Commerce Commission for a certificate of public convenience and necessity under the “grandfather clause” of Section 206(a) of the Motor Carrier Act of 1935, 49 U.S.C.A. § 306(a).

The carrier sought a certificate authorizing “continuance of operation in interstate or foreign commerce, as a common carrier by motor vehicle, of general commodities,…