Railroad Commission v. Weld & Neville
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. Weld & Neville, Dorance, Cairns & Co., Hasler & Boyd, D. M. Howard, and T. G. Cole sued the Railroad Commission of Texas and had judgment, from which the plaintiff appealed.
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Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. Weld & Neville, Dorance, Cairns & Co., Hasler & Boyd, D. M. Howard, and T. G. Cole sued the Railroad Commission of Texas and had judgment, from which the plaintiff appealed. The case, on writ of error from a judgment dismissing the appeal, is reported in 95 Texas, 278. Being there remanded to the Court of Civil Appeals, the judgment of the District Court was affirmed and the Railroad Commission obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
Under article 4565, Revised Statutes, the defendants in error instituted this suit in the District Court of the Twenty-sixth Judicial District, Travis County, against the Railroad Commission of Texas, and alleged in substance that the said Railroad Commission had established rules and regulations for the transportation of cotton from various points in Texas to Houston and Galveston as follows: For the territory extending not more than one hundred miles from Houston, the rate allowed to be charged upon cotton was based upon the length of the haul, but from all points…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Railroad Commission of Texas v. Houston & Texas Central Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1897
- Johnson v. Pensacola & Perdido RailroadSupreme Court of Florida · 1878
- Cowden v. Pacific Coast Steamship Co.California Supreme Court · 1892
3Cited by43 opinions
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- Southern Canal Co. v. State Board of Water EngineersTexas Supreme Court · 1958
- Railroad Commission v. Houston Natural Gas Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1956
- Texas Alarm & Signal Ass'n v. Public Utility CommissionTexas Supreme Court · 1980
- Railroad Commission v. Galveston Chamber of CommerceTexas Supreme Court · 1912
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