Texas & New Orleans R. v. Railroad Commission of Texas

HUGHES, Justice.

Appellant, Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company, a common carrier by rail, applied to the Texas Railroad Commission on June 9, 1947, for authority to discontinue its passenger train service between Waco and Yoakum, a distance of 171 miles. This service consisted of one train each way daily between the two towns, the trains being Nos. SI and 52.

This application was brought under Art. 6479, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St., and appellant bases its right of discontinuance solely upon the fact that its passenger trains between Waco and Yoakum had for several years operated at a loss and…