Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Railroad Commission
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge; H. F. Brunot, Judge. Suit by the Texas & Pacific Railway Company against the Railroad Commission of Louisiana to set aside an order of the Commission. Judgment sustaining the order, and the Railway Company appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The plaintiff railroad company sues to set aside, as unreasonable and unjust, an order of the Railroad Commission requiring it to operate two additional trains daily between Natchitoches and Cypress. Natchitoches is a town on the plaintiff company’s branch road going to Shreveport, and Cypress is the station on the main line where the branch road connects with the main line. The distance between the .two is 10 and a fraction miles. There are already on the branch two trains daily. They connect with the day trains on the main line. The order in question requires two more trains daily to be put…
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