Abilene & So. Ry. Co. v. Terrell

McClendon, chief justice.

This proceeding is a direct attack upon an order of the Railroad Commission which extended from January 1, 1938, to March 1, 1938, emergency drought freight rates “on shipments of livestock feed stuffs moving intrastate in Texas to destination points in some thirty Texas counties named in the order,” promulgated under authority of R.C.S., Arts. 6458 and 6459. The plaintiffs are several-Texas rail carriers; the defendants are the Railroad Commission, its members, and (by intervention) the Texas Sheep & Goat Raisers’ Association, Inc., and the Texas & Southwestern…