Legal Opinion

Towns Truck Lines, Inc. v. Cotton State Express, Inc.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 21, 1957No. 6 Div. 926PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOODWYN, Justice.

This is a declaratory judgment suit brought by appellees (several Alabama motor carriers) in the circuit court of Jeffer*133son County, in equity, against appellant, Towns Truck Lines, Inc., seeking an interpretation of an order of the Alabama Public Service Commission granting to appellant certain operating rights. The trial court rendered a decree construing the order in accordance with appellees’ insistence. Towns brings this appeal from that decree.

Involved here is certificate of public convenience and necessity number 633 issued to Towns on January 30, 1943. The provision…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Cook v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1879
  2. Mead v. AntonWashington Supreme Court · 1949
  3. Saltman v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  4. Skolnick v. OrthAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1914

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. AAA Cooper Transportation v. Louisiana Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
  2. Hodges Transfer Co. v. Alabama Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979
  3. Cooper Transfer Co. v. Alabama Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
  4. Century 21, Etc. v. Ala. Real Estate Com'nSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
  5. Century 21, Etc. v. Ala. Real Estate Com'nSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981

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