Norfolk Southern Railroad v. Commonwealth

On July 1, 1924, the State Corporation Commission, in a proceeding in which the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company was respondent, entered an order granting a certificate of public convenience and necessity to the Virginia Beach Bus Line, Incorporated, for the operation of three motor vehicles for the transportation of passengers between Norfolk and Virginia Beach. The case is here on an appeal from that order.

Among the facts contained in the statement of facts certified by the Commission are these:

Norfolk and Virginia Beach are two municipalities about sixteen miles apart, the former being…