Alamo Express, Inc. v. Railroad Commission

POPE, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from an order of the trial court which upheld the validity of a Railroad Commission order. Article 1738a, Vernon's Ann. Tex. Civ. St. Missouri Pacific Truck Lines, Inc. applied for an amendment to its common carrier certificate which would authorize it to use an alternate route between Houston and San Antonio. It already had authority to operate between Houston and San Antonio over a route that was seventy-eight miles longer. The Commission authorized the amendment so Missouri Pacific could operate over Highway 90 with closed doors between those two…