Gulf Coast Motor Freight Lines, Inc. v. United States

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff applied to the commission under the two provisos of Section 306(a), 49 U. S.C.A., the first, or “grandfather” proviso; the second or certificate clause. At the hearing it made no serious effort to make proof under the first proviso, but rested its rights upon the second proviso and a permit or certificate, it had obtained from the Texas State Commission, not of public convenience and necessity, but that its operation in interstate commerce between named points in the state of Texas would not injuriously interfere with or affect the highways or the safety of…