Hoover Motor Express Co., Inc. v. Taylor

This cause involves a contest between the Columbia Motor Express and the Hoover Motor Express Company, Inc., and the Franklin Transfer Company, wherein the former claims the right to a certificate of convenience and .necessity authorizing the operation of a motor freight line between Nashville and Columbia, Tennessee, in competition with the Hoover Company and the Franklin Transfer Company.

The Columbia Motor Express applied to the Railroad and Public Utilities Commission of Tennessee for a certificate of convenience and necessity, as above stated. Notice was given to competitors, especially…