Louisiana Public Service Commission v. Texas & New Orleans Railroad

The Interstate Commerce Commission, June 3, 1929 (155 I. C. C. 247) and September 30, 1929 (157 I. C. C. 498) prescribed rates for the transportation of sand, gravel' and other named commodities, hereafter referred.to as road materials, in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and that part of Louisiana west of the Mississippi, including certain points on the east bank of the river. The rates were based on straight mileage. Eight cents per ton was added for ferrying such of the traffic as crosses the Mississippi to and from the named points on the east bank. The rates were made to apply alike to…